Akureyri hospital (SAk) provides general and specialized health care. Emphasis is placed on emergency care and the main specialist treatments. SAk is one of the country's two specialty hospitals and plays a key role in civil protection.

The hospital is a knowledge-institute that is ambitious in teaching and research in the health sciences.

Akureyri hospital emphasizes cooperation with health institutions in the countryside, participates in the development of health services on a national level and is the center of medical air ambulance services in the country.