Newsletter of Digital Iceland, March 2022

Early voting starts on November 7th.

Do you want to work outside in a beautiful environment? Land og skógur is seeking positive and cooperative people for summer jobs in Vaglaskógur in North Iceland and at Tumastaðir in Fljótshlíð, South Iceland. The application deadline is March 15.

All individuals, domiciled in Iceland, born in 2002 and earlier receive a Travel Gift worth 5,000 kronur.

In the year 2024, an increased right to payment of travel expenses will come into force, when necessary health services that are not available in the local area are sought.

Applications are now accepted for regional quota for the fishing year 2023/2024.

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.

Highest bed utilization ever seen.

The Directorate of Health has completed a summary of suicide figures for the year 2023. Suicides last year were 47 or 12.4 per 100,000 inhabitants.

Earlier this year HSN in Dalvík formally received a wireless ultrasound device as a gift from the women's associations Hvöt in Árskógsströnd and Tilraun in Svarfaðardalur.