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10th November 2022
Chief Medical Officer Þórður Ingólfsson at the HVE health centre in Búðardalur is the new Chief Epidemiologist for the West Iceland quarantine district.
26th October 2022
Due to uncontrollable causes, the telephone time for medicinal product renewals in Ólafsvík and Grundarfjörður will be shortened and will now be temporarily in the following times.
14th September 2022
Influenza vaccination and covid booster dose
2nd September 2022
The online chat is open 8am-10pm and the 1700 phone number is open 24 hours a day.
1st September 2022
Due to the lack of doctors at the health center in Borgarnes, services have had to be prioritized recently or since the doctor retired at the end of July.
29th August 2022
On Thursday 25 August, in addition to meeting with the management of the hospital in Akranes, Minister of Health Willum Þórsson visited HVE on the occasion of the formal opening of a new operating room in the hospital.
16th June 2022
Due to the increase in the number of Covid-infected people in the community, those who seek services at HVE or come to visit are asked to take good care of infection control and wash and sanitize their hands.
10th June 2022
In light of the fact that it has been difficult to get doctors to work at the health care in Borgarnes and the summer vacation is coming up, the workers unfortunately have no choice but to reduce the service this summer due to the lack of people who are not registered at the health center in Borgarnes.
30th May 2022
According to the agreement of Stykkishólmsbær and the Ministry of Health from February 8 HVE Vesturlands will
30th March 2022
As of April 1, it will only be offered to order symptom samples using rapid tests at HVE.
