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The Ministry of Health is advertising for applications for the position of CEO of the Vestfjörður Institute of Health. The Vestfjörður Health Institute operates according to the Act on Health Services, no. 40/2007, with subsequent amendments. The health institution provides general health services in the health district of Vestfjörður which covers More ›

A new nursing director has started work at Patreksfjörður, Hrafnhildur Óláf Ólafsdóttir. Hrafnhildur is a nurse and came to the organization after working as a department manager for the homeless in Reykjavík. She has diverse and More ›

Gylfi Ólafsson, who has been the director of the Vestfjörður Health Foundation since July 2018, and thus completed his five-year appointment this summer, has sent a letter to the Minister of Health with a request to be relieved of his duties. More ›

During these weeks, the cleaning arrangements in the buildings of the Vestfjörður Health Institute in Torfnes on Ísafjörður change. The company Massi thrif has been cleaning for about 20 years at the institution. However, a large part of the cleaning has […] More ›

In the coming weeks, a new CT scanner will be installed at the hospital in Ísafjörður. As a result, the last phase of the reconstruction of the surgery and accident department will begin. This results in a temporary limitation of service More ›

Due to the summer leave of doctors and other staff, the opening hours of health centers will be as follows: Norðanvärðr Vestfjörður Health care in Ísafjörður is open every weekday. The health care in Suðureyri, Súðavík and Flateyri [...] More ›