Reporter Takes COPD Test: Expanded Testing for At-Risk Groups

Region Sörmland is running a themed week focused on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) for the first time. In 2024, the disease claimed the lives of 106 individuals in the region — a number that makes the case for earlier action hard to argue with. The initiative is designed to catch at-risk patients sooner through targeted screening and testing, with the goal of saving lives and giving people better outcomes before the condition progresses.