After Thursday's visit back to Stockholm's County Council and a morning of further discussion of patient safety initiatives introduced by Marion Lindh, we had an enjoyable lunch and a photo-op with our hosts, led by our politician, Stig Nyman. Our meeting ended with an agreement on the many challenges on health care systems presented by new information technologies and the more educated and mobile patient in this rapidly globalizing world.
After the meeting, we all split up. I picked up Chanelle from Arlanda airport and brought her back, happy to finally get here but jetlagged and in serious need of a shower. The rest of the group went their merry ways, most ending up checking out the new Indiana Jones movie.
Friday's trip to Uppsala was a walk back in history. We saw the Viking graves, the Gustavianum (Uppsala Universitet's museum), and Carl von Linne's botanical gardens. The university is one of the oldest in northern Europe (est. in the 15th century) and has a centuries' tradition in medicine. On the way back our dear driver got a little lost and, to keep us entertained, he told us he once chauffered a Nobel laureate. . . that was as close as any one of us had ever been to one.
Tomorrow we head out to Finland on the Silja Line ferry. We are looking forward to the continuing good weather--and Finnish chocolate.
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