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Umedalen

Coordinates: 63°50′15″N 20°09′58″E / 63.83750°N 20.16611°E / 63.83750; 20.16611
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Umedalen
Residential area
Umedalen hospital
Umedalen hospital
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Coordinates: 63°50′15″N 20°09′58″E / 63.83750°N 20.16611°E / 63.83750; 20.16611
CountrySweden
ProvinceVästerbotten
CountyVästerbotten County
MunicipalityUmeå Municipality
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

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

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]

References

  1. ^ a b "Umedalen" (in Swedish). Umeå Municipality. Archived from the original on 16 September 2011. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
  2. ^ "Umedalen" (in Swedish). AB Bostaden. Archived from the original on 16 September 2011. Retrieved 16 September 2011.

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