On the 17th of November last, the rehabilitation department of HVE Stykkishólmi held an opening ceremony on the occasion of the renovation and expansion of the department's facilities.

In a recent review the frequency of respiratory infections and hospitalizations due to them is reviewed and the situation in Iceland is compared to Europe.

Björn Gunnarsson, senior lecturer at the Health Sciences Institute and Chief Medical Officer at the Akureyri Hospital, has just been awarded ISK 19 million in a research grant from Rannís for his research project.

At the end of 2023, a service survey was conducted by Maskína for the Icelandic Health Insurance (SÍ) on the service of health care centres in rural areas. The survey was conducted between 17 October 2023 and 5 January 2024. Maskína received information from SÍ on individuals who had visited health care centres in rural areas in 2023 and took a random sample from that group. These individuals were sent a link to the survey through the Rights portal of SÍ.

Applications are now accepted for regional quota for the fishing year 2022/2023

The annual meeting of the Healthcare Institution of North Iceland will be held in Hof Akureyri and in a teleconference on Wednesday September 20th at 2 pm.

The Directorate of Health wishes to hire a medical specialist in the Office of Supervision and Quality of Healthcare.

Guðmundur Ingi Guðbrandsson, Minister of Social Affairs and Labour, has appointed Herdís Gunnarsdóttir as director of the Welfare Quality and Inspection Authority, which took up the post on 1 April 2022.

Mycoplasma pneumoniae, a small bacterium, has been diagnosed more frequently in the last few months in Iceland. Mycoplasma infection is characterized by symptoms like tracheobronchitis and occasionally pneumonia.

Starting next November 1