Yesterday, the Minister of Health, Alma Möller, visited the Healthcare Institution of North Iceland (HSN) with Eydís Ásbjörnsdóttir, MP for the Northeast Region, and Jón Magnús Kristjánsson, assistant to the Minister of Health.

Birkir Örn Stefánsson recently took on the role of Director of Operations and Procurement at HSN, a new position within the organization.

On 28 January, the Data Protection Authority held a seminar titled “Data Culture and the Security of Personal Data in a Modern Society”.

The Landspítali University Research Fund has allocated grants to researchers at Landspítali University Hospital. The allocation took place at the spring meetings of the Scientific Committee on 23 April, but the beneficiaries were informed of the proposed grant granting electronically some time before.

Two best posters for a scientific project at the Landspítali Science Festival, Science in the Spring, in Hringsalur, on April 26, 2023, were awarded in kind. The writers of the awards are medical student Þórður Björgvin Þórðarson and PhD student Kirstine Nolling Jensen.

Iceland Health wants to inform you about the changed work procedure regarding the issue of medicinal product licences for certain medicinal products (R-labelled medicinal product licences).

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On January 10th, significant restrictions on air traffic at Reykjavík Airport were announced. These restrictions involve the closure of two runways during nighttime due to the impact of vegetation on approach and departure surfaces. The Icelandic Air Ambulance Center expresses serious concerns regarding these restrictions, as unrestricted access for air ambulances to Reykjavík Airport is, in many cases, a matter of life and death for critically ill and injured patients from large parts of the country.

The Icelandic Regional Development Agency grants for non-local work in rural areas and recently the National Archives of Iceland received a grant for costs for the facilities of a archivist in Neskaupstaður.

The Akureyri Hospital is urgently seeking housing for an employee.