Happy day at Vík í Mýrdal Health Care Centre

The Chief Epidemiologist received a notification last night because of measles that had been diagnosed in an adult in North Iceland. Suspicion arose of measles and the diagnosis was confirmed afterwards. The person in question is in isolation in his/her home.

The Directorate of Health wishes to hire a lawyer in the Office of Supervision and Quality of Healthcare.

Fjóla Björnsdóttir, specialist in general medicine, has been employed in a 75% position at the psychiatric ward at the hospital in Akureyri, as of 1 October 2024.

Digital Iceland and Defend Iceland have signed an agreement to cooperate in the field of cybersecurity. The purpose of the agreement is to use Defend Iceland’s bug bounty to detect security vulnerabilities in Digital Iceland’s systems and thereby increase and strengthen the defense against cyber attacks.

The Directorate of Fisheries systems will be inactive from 21:00-23:00 on Tuesday, May 28th.

Last Friday, a job fair was held at the University of Akureyri, where 30 companies and institutions introduced their activities to young people.

Class A vessels can apply for an additional mackerel authorizations until 10th of September.

An interactive dashboard showing statistics on waiting for nursing homes has now been published on the Directorate of Health's website.

Join us! The Department of Human Resources recently created promotional videos that give an insight into the work of nurses and midwives at the Hospital in Akureyri.