In 2023, 18 people had their first artificial foot in Iceland, 53,564 applied for the European Health Insurance Card and 12,934 underwent colonoscopy.

A comprehensive history of the Gunnarsholt farm in Rangárvellir has been published in a book by Sveinn Runólfsson, a former Director of the Icelandic Soil Conservation Service. To celebrate this occasion, the author and the publishing house Sæmundur are hosting a celebratory event marking the publication in collaboration with Land and Forest Iceland.

A jury has selected three best short films in the sixth edition of 2024 and the winner is Smáraskóli for the short film “VINIR Í RAUN”. We congratulate them!

Here you can see the schedule of the Session and more information about the Session, which will be held on Friday, 20 September.

The Directorate of Health recently published a revised version of official recommendations on physical activity and the limitation of sedentary time. Recommendations on physical activity for people with disabilities were, for the first time, a particular item in the publication.

At the end of March, Iceland Health made agreements on joint replacement surgery with Handlæknastöðina (Cosan) and Klíníkina.

The Directorate of Labour has now opened an application and payment system for applicants for temporary support for the payment of wages for those who have not been able to perform their work in Grindavík.

In early February, mumps was diagnosed in the capital area and now a person with a connection to the first case has also been diagnosed with mumps.

The Directorate of Public Prosecutions has issued new/updated instructions, No. 7/2020, on violations of the Icelandic quarantine act and rules issued on the basis of the Act.

Corina Labitzke is a German anesthesiologist and emergency physician who has worked at SAk for five years.