Woman turned away by doctor - for being American

Published: 29th December 2006 11:51 CET
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/5932/

An American woman has been refused treatment by a doctor in Blekinge in southern Sweden because of her nationality. The woman's husband has now reported the incident to the Medical Responsibility Board.

Valery Johansson, who lives in a small town just outside Nashville, Tennessee, was in Sweden to celebrate Christmas with her husband's family.

On Christmas Day, worried that she may have contracted strep throat, she sought medical help. Her husband and niece made an appointment for her at a clinic in the town of Karlshamn.

'We went up there and the nurses were really nice. They did some swab tests, which they then passed on to a doctor,' Johansson told The Local.