| Sandviken Hospital | |
| Org/Group: | Bergen Hospital Trust |
| Map Type: | Norway |
| Relief: | 1 |
| Location: | Sandviken, Bergen |
| Country: | Norway |
| Coordinates: | 60.418°N 5.314°W |
| Address: | Sandviksleitet 1 |
| Funding: | Public |
| Type: | Psychriatric |
| Emergency: | Yes |
| Helipad: | No |
| Founded: | 1891 |
| Website: | helse-bergen.no |
Sandviken Hospital (Norwegian: Sandviken sykehus) is a psychiatric hospital situated in the Sandviken neighborhood of Bergen, Norway. It is part of Bergen Hospital Trust, and is the only secure psychiatric unit within Western Norway Regional Health Authority.[1]
The hospital was established in 1891 as Neevengården Asylum (Neevengården asyl). It changed its name to Neevengården Hospital (Neevengården sykehus) in 1927, and took the current name in 1978.[2] The hospital was constructed and owned by Bergen municipality, but was transferred to Hordaland county in 1972. It had place for 178 patients initially, but by 1955 reached a top of 518 patients. The hospital was in 2002 merged with the Psychiatric clinic of Haukeland University Hospital, and has since then been a part of the Bergen Hospital Trust and owned by the Norwegian state.[2] [3]
After a continuous reduction in the number of rooms/beds, the hospital has since the 2010s had hundreds of cases each year of patients being placed in hospital beds in the hallways.[4] [5]
The hospital has repeatedly received strong criticism from the Norwegian Parliamentary Ombudsman for its extensive use of isolation rooms.[6] [7]
In 2023 the Norwegian Board of Health Supervision found several legal and regulation offences at the hospital's emergency department.[8]