Ingibjörg Snorradóttir Hagalín gave the inpatient wards of the Norwegian Health Institute three BARA support pillows from the company BARA art-iðja recently. With the BARA support pillows, you can relax your shoulders and arms and prevent [...] More ›
The rehabilitation department is now in the dining hall on the 2nd floor. Renovations are now starting on the hospital's rehabilitation department in the basement by the Real Estate Fund. The rehabilitation department has therefore been temporarily moved to the dining hall of the inpatient wards on More ›
The nursing department at Sólborg á Flateyri will be closed in 2011 and the need for nursing space there will be met by other means. The Vestfjörður Health Institute, like other health institutions in the country, needs to reduce More ›
A hospital in Ísafjörður must always have a multifaceted role due to its geographical location and not least its significance for the residents of the locality. After all, its employees have always worked More ›
The economic collapse at the end of 2008 shook the world and we Icelanders were hit hard. The causes of the collapse are still debated, but we feel its consequences on our own skin every day. In More ›
A bill for the budget for the year 2011 was presented a few days ago. It promises massive savings in the nation's health. The main input is that the operation of hospital departments in the rural areas should be greatly expanded More ›
At a residents' meeting on October 28, Dóra Hlín Gísladóttir, engineer, presented the results of an assessment she and economist Kristinn Hermannsson have made on the effects of the planned cuts on the Vestfjörður Health Institute and the actual and More ›
About 550 people gathered at the Hospital in Ísafjörður this afternoon and protested against the planned cuts in the health care system. Many wore something red to represent the blood draw that will be the close cut More ›
The board of the Vestfjörður Division of the Icelandic Nurses' Association (VFÍH) strongly objects to the large and ineffective cuts to health institutions announced in the 2011 budget bill. According to the Health Act, all citizens of the country have More ›
Annual vaccination against influenza begins on October 13. Vaccination is between 14 and 15:30 on weekdays at Ísafjörður. There are two A-strains and one B-strain. More ›