Umedalen

Umedalen

Umedalen

Residential area in Västerbotten, Sweden

Umedalen is a residential area in Umeå, Sweden, located about 5 kilometers west of the central town.[1]

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History

A mental hospital was built in the area in 1934. It was closed in 1986 and the premises are now used for other activities.[2] The residential area was built mostly between the mid-1980s and late 1990s. One of the most infamous cases of psychosurgery mishap involved the state-funded Mental Hospital of Umedalen (Sweden), which conducted many lobotomies under a three-year span resulting in 68% of patients died from post-operational complications. The acceptable rate of death around during its operative years was two percent, yet Umedalen had a mortality rate of three to seventeen percent.[1]

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References

  1. [1]
    "Umedalen" (in Swedish). Umeå Municipality. Archived from the original on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
  2. [2]
    "Umedalen" (in Swedish). AB Bostaden. Archived from the original on 9 September 2011. Retrieved 16 September 2011.

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