Ahus Unable to Accommodate All Patients

Akershus news from the past 48 hours places health and cybersecurity at the forefront. Akershus University Hospital (Ahus) in Lørenskog is unable to accommodate all patients who present themselves, while a warehouse in Ytre Enebakk was targeted in a possible cyberattack. On the economic front, housing remains the dominant topic in the municipalities covered by Budstikka, and one municipality must spend 13 million kroner to deal with hackers threatening its water supply network.

Health: Akershus news from Ahus and Ila

Akershus University Hospital (Ahus), based in Lørenskog, is at the centre of healthcare concerns in the county. Romerikes Blad publishes on Thursday 5 November, at 04h00, an article titled « Får ikke plass på Ahus » — “no room at Ahus” — which mentions “a great deal of anxiety and agitation” (Romerikes Blad). The newspaper headline does not specify who is speaking: patients, relatives or healthcare workers. The issue directly concerns the hospital capacity of the Romerike region, of which Lørenskog is the administrative centre.

In Bærum, the new psychiatric security unit adjoining Ila Prison and the remand prison has been in operation for two weeks, following the relocation of patients and staff (NRK Akershus). The building houses the most severely ill psychiatric patients, who pose a high risk of violence, as well as people with serious mental disorders associated with autism or an intellectual disability. Freedom is restricted there, and treatment often lasts several years; around half of the patients are under compulsory psychiatric care.

The unit replaces beds previously located at Dikemark and Gaustad and expands capacity, according to the Director General of Oslo University Hospital, Bjørn Atle Rein Bjørnbeth. He describes it as “clear modernisation and an improvement in the provision of care” for “some of the most vulnerable patients” (NRK Akershus).

Cybersecurity: a hacked warehouse in Enebakk, drinking water supply threatened

During the night from Monday to Tuesday, the Havaristen warehouse in Ytre Enebakk (Enebakk municipality) was the target of a possible cyberattack (NRK Akershus). According to Thomas Michelsen, director of Miko Trading, which owns and operates the site, a third party changed the settings of the freezing system, indicating that the temperature of the evaporator or defrosting system should be raised. The heat triggered the facility’s automatic fire-extinguishing system.

The 3000-square-metre warehouse buys and sells damaged goods at reduced prices. “We rushed to save what could be saved and remove goods,” says Thomas Michelsen, who describes “damage on a considerable scale”. The incident was reported to the police and the insurance company; the company cites “strong indications” of a deliberate intrusion.

Another warning, on a municipal scale: cybercriminals are threatening the drinking water supply of a municipality covered by Romerikes Blad, which must mobilise 13 million kroner (Romerikes Blad, 4 November, 22:00). Two separate incidents, then, in a county where the technical systems of businesses and public services are becoming targets.

Housing, entrepreneurship and local life in Akershus

Housing dominates the economic news from Budstikka in the Asker and Bærum area. The newspaper reports that the cost of housing has doubled in six years in the areas where it conducted its investigation, a phenomenon described as “dramatic” (Budstikka, 5 November). According to Budstikka, parking rules pose a major problem for some businesses, with some shop owners explaining that they “paid our customers' fines in the beginning”.

On the initiative front, Magnus, 50, left finance to make sausages: “I wanted to create something myself” (Budstikka). Former alpine skier Aksel Lund Svindal also describes his life in Bærum and considers it meaningful to sit on the FAU, the school’s parents' committee (Budstikka).

📌 Local brief

A woman was seriously injured on Wednesday after being hit by a fire engine in Vinterbro, in the municipality of Ås (NRK Akershus). Struck by the second vehicle in a convoy, she was airlifted to Ullevål; the road was closed and the Norwegian Accident Investigation Board for Transport was notified.

A 19-year-old man extradited from Thailand confessed to a knife attack described as brutal (Romerikes Blad, 4 November). Significant material damage was also reported on a road that had become slippery (Romerikes Blad, 4 November).

Sources: NRK Akershus, Romerikes Blad, Budstikka, The Local Norway — Period: 04 November 2026 and 05 November 2026