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Work on the connecting corridor of the Akureyri Hospital is well underway, and the most optimists say that it will be put into use in April. These days, glass walls are being installed, work is being done on final finishing, e.g. air conditioning, wiring, drapery, system air and painting. Next come the interiors and technical equipment.

Iceland Health is currently working on tenders for domestic ambulance flights, and an advertisement has been published on the bidding website in the EEA area.

The annual Icelandic Forestry Conference will be held in Hof, Akureyri, 20-21 March under the title Forest Resources - Infrastructure and Planning. About 140 people are registered to the event.

The book Mía gets a medical well was created when Þórunn Eva G. Pálsdóttir was doing her final assignment in nursing assistant in the spring of 2019.

The Teddy Bear Hospital will be open for injured or sick teddy bears on Saturday October 12th. Teddy bears and their owners are welcome at the HSN Akureyri Health Care Center Sunnuhlíð, where medical students receive them.

A total of 4,677 applications for places in secondary schools in Iceland were received in the autumn of 2024, but enrollment has now been completed. It is nice to report that all new students from elementary schools who applied have been admitted. All applications for vocational studies could therefore be accepted, but in recent years a large part of the students has had to be turned away due to lack of facilities and teachers.

Processing fees were increased at the end of the year

The proposal for a coastal area plan in the Eastfjords, which develops a policy for the exploitation and protection of the coastal areas of the Eastfjords, was advertised for public presentation in accordance with Article 12 of the Law on the Planning of the Sea and Coastal Regions no. 88/2018 and the presentation period of the proposal was from 15 June - 15 September.

Public health, happiness and wellbeing will be the focus of the 13th report. Nordic Public Health Conference and 10. European Conference on Positive Psychology