The employees of SAk took a skiing course a while ago at the Hospital's invitation. The courses are perfect for shaking the group together and having fun together outside of work.

The annual birch seed collection campaign of Land and Forest Iceland starts Monday 16 September on the Icelandic Nature Day in cooperation with the Forestry Movement and other organisations and private companies. The first event will be organised by the Lions Club Sif in Reykhús Forest which lies in the Eyjafjarðarsveit Community, about 10 kilometres south of Akureyri. The event starts at seventeen pm in cooperation with the Forestry Association of Eyjafjörður and the forest owners in Reykhús.

The day is held for the 15th time on Thursday 19 September in the meeting room Kjarni on the new connection connector of SAk and will be streamed.

Driving instructors are very receptive to digital processes and meet the needs of their students.

The Directorate of Fisheries has put into use a digital application system in collaboration with Ísland.is for fishing permits.

Health and Wellbeing - lottery results

The latest summary examines the occurrence of respiratory infections and hospitalizations in Iceland during weeks 18 and 19, with a look at the situation in Europe.

Last week, an outbreak of E. coli (STEC) infection occurred among children at Mánagarður preschool in Reykjavík. Investigations into the source of the infection began on the same day the first diagnosis was made, with the preschool closing the following day.

On Saturday, August 26, the presidential couple, Mr. Guðni Th. Jóhannesson and Mrs. Eliza Reid came on an official visit to the Akureyri Hospital. Hildigunnur Svavarsdóttir, CEO of SAk, together with Sigurður Einar Sigurðsson, chief medical officer and Ragnheiður Halldórsdóttir, chief of clinical services, welcomed the presidential couple and their entourage and presented the activities of SAk.

Framsýn trade union delivered a gift of 15 million ISK to the HSN sponsoring association in Þingeyjarsýsla yesterday. The gift includes a number of devices, including a complete heart echocardiogram that greatly improves the facilities of HSN doctors in Húsavík and the surrounding area.