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The role of the Icelandic Transport Authority (Samgöngustofa) is to ensure aviation safety. Aviation safety means that flights take place without accidents or incidents that endanger lives. To achieve this, aircraft must be kept in safe condition and staff must be properly trained and competent.
The Directorate of Health in Iceland has published preliminary figures on suicides for the first six months of 2024.
Interview // The Pioneers of HSU’s Remote Monitoring: Margrét Björk Ólafsdóttir, Head Nurse, and Anna Margrét Magnúsdóttir, Assistant Unit Manager
Concerns are due to the increasing incidence of sexually transmitted infections — gonorrhea, chlamydia, and syphilis in Europe in recent years, particularly among men who have sex with men, but also among other groups.
The annual influenza epidemic is ongoing. The number of confirmed cases has been high this winter but has been declining recently.
Jóhanna María Oddsdóttir, a renal nurse working in the Intensive Care and Dialysis Unit at Akureyri Hospital (SAk), is now holding clinic appointments for renal patients every other Wednesday in odd-numbered weeks.
Air pollution from volcanic eruptions poses the greatest risk near the eruption site, but in recent years, gas pollution and significant volcanic smog have been observed in other regions of the country as well.
High satisfaction has been reported with the services of the Information center of Heilsugæsla höfuðborgarsvæðisins in a survey conducted by the Icelandic Health (Sjúkratryggingar Íslands). About 82 percent of those who used the 1700 phone service were satisfied, and 72 percent of those who used the Heilsuvera online chat reported satisfaction.
A total of 28,715 individuals will receive a single payment this afternoon when the Social Insurance Administration distributes a single payment to elderly pensioners, incapacity and rehabilitation pensioners.