Just before the new year, the Hollvina association donated three hospital beds to the HVE institution, two Eleganza II beds, along with a bedside trapeze/handle and Dynaform Mercury mattress and one Latera Therma bed as a rolling bed.

Attention is drawn to the fact that all special fishing permits must be applied for separately for each fishing year. Current permits expire on August 31 st.

Public Health Indicators 2023 will be presented in Tjarnarsalur, Ráðhús in Reykjavík on Thursday 14 September from 13:00-14:30. The presentation will be available on-site or on-stream.

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.

Response plan activated.

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.

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.

The majority of users of community health centres have a high level of trust in the primary healthcare system and are happy with the service, i.e. just over 60% of those who participated in a recent survey by the Icelandic Health Insurance.

The Directorate of Fisheries draws attention to the fact that all special fishing permits must be applied for separately for each fishing year. Current permits expire on August 31 st.

Newsletter of Digital Iceland January 2024.