The Cancer Society in Akureyri (KAON) recently donated so-called pain mattresses to the internal medicine ward at the Akureyri Hospital. They are specially designed for patients with pain, but also prove to be effective as bed sore protection.

The new summary examines the incidence of respiratory infections and hospitalizations due to them and compares the situation in Iceland with the situation in Europe.

All donors receive wishes - interviews with blood donors (Vimeo) - grilled sausages at 11:00

Clear information is amongst the things we at TR emphasise in our work. On the website tr.is you can find a lot of information about social security rights and payments. Now we have updated all the material and installed it in an accessible way on the website Ísland.is.

On the 20th of May, a town meeting was held in Grindavík in connection with earthquakes in Reykjanes.

Icelandic Health Insurance has issued its first newsletter. In the future, it will be issued as many times as possible monthly and the goal is to provide information related to the operations and activities of the institution.

On Sunday, 3 December, a ceremony occurred at Bessastaðir, where Guðni Th. Jóhannesson, President of Iceland, presented an award on Prevention Day 2023. Alma D. Möller, the Medical Director of Health and the President, gave a speech.

The application deadline for the year 2024 is April 1st.

Annual reports have been issued for 2021 on cervical cancer screening and breast cancer screening.