Due to the development of the COVID-19 disease in recent days, it is the joint opinion of the district doctor of epidemiology and the executive board of the Vestfjörður Health Foundation that the annual festival, which was supposed to be held on March 14 in Bolungarvík, will be postponed. The lunch that More ›
The district epidemiologist in the Vestfjörður health district has placed one person in home isolation and three in home quarantine in Patreksfjörður due to suspected COVID-19. All of them were traveling abroad together in a group. More ›
In accordance with the latest recommendations and recommendations of the quarantine doctor, it has been decided to lift the quarantine of five people who have been quarantined in Ísafjörður. There is still one person in quarantine More ›
Addendum 28 February: Isolation has been lifted as a sample showed no Covid-19 virus. Five persons are in quarantine and one is in isolation More ›
The President of Iceland Mr. Guðni Th. Jóhannesson visited the residents of Eyra last Sunday. He talked to residents and drank morning coffee with them. The president was on an unofficial trip here in the west and gave More ›
A hemodialysis machine is now in use at the emergency department of the Hospital in Ísfjörður. Two nurses from the institute went and worked at Landspítala's hemodialysis unit for two weeks and attended training on how to use the machine. More ›
The next visit of the ophthalmologist to the clinic in Ísafjörður is 16-18. march Appointments can be made by calling 450 4500 between 8 am and 4 pm every weekday. Elva Dögg Jóhannesdóttir ophthalmologist More ›
The healthcare center in Flateyri opens again from February 5, 2020 and will be open every Wednesday from 13:00 -15:00 at Bryggjukaffi. Appointments can be made by phone 450-4500 every weekday from 08:00 - 16:00. Head: SLG
During the residents' meetings that were held in Flateyri, Suðureyri, Ísafjörður and Súðavík due to the snow floods that fell on January 14, it was stated that work would continue with the residents of the area, including More ›
The Vestfjörður Health Institute, in cooperation with the Ísafjarðarbær Fire Department, has asked the Icelandic Ambulance School to hold two courses for field personnel this spring. Courses will be held at Ísafjörður on the 24th-26th. April and Patreksfjörður More ›