Sunderby Hospital

Sunderby Hospital (Swedish: Sunderby sjukhus) is a public hospital located in Södra Sunderbyn, Norrbotten County, Sweden. Managed by Region Norrbotten, it has approximately 380 beds and 2,500 employees. It operates an emergency department with a helipad in close proximity. It has the busiest maternity ward north of Uppsala and, along with Gällivare Hospital, provides the only maternity services in Norrbotten County.

The hospital was conceived in the late 20th century as a strategic merger of existing hospitals in Luleå and Boden. Site selection provoked intense political conflict; the current location in Sunderbyn was narrowly selected in 1993 as a political compromise. The hospital was inaugurated on 1 September 1999. A programme was introduced in 2011 to train medical students at Sunderby. It was named the second-best medium-sized hospital in Sweden by Dagens Medicin for 2012. However, the hospital has also faced scrutiny from the Health and Social Care Inspectorate (IVO) for staffing and bed shortages, as well as alleged issues with patient safety.