At the Vestfjörður Health Foundation's establishment in Patreksfjörður, the heart of the activity is in the southern area. All general health services are provided there for the residents of Vesturbyggð.
Nursing and Medical Department
The nursing and medical department has eleven nursing rooms and two hospital rooms.
The head of the department is Sigríður María Sigurðardóttir.
health care
The health care center in Patreksfjörður provides a wide range of health care services. In addition to the services of a doctor and nurses, a midwife and other specialists from an establishment in Ísafjörður come to the healthcare facility.
The head of the department is Árný Magnúsdóttir.
School nursing is provided from health care to the schools in the area. The school nurse is Árný Magnúsdóttir.
Pregnancy and maternity care is provided by HVest midwives in Ísafjörður. A nurse in infant care is Alexandra Bubica.
Home care
The Vestfjörður Health Center and Vesturbyggð have joined contracts on the operation of integrated home services in the municipality. The contract is part of the project Good to grow old, the government's action plan for older people. The health institution is taking on the operation of home support in collaboration with the municipality. The agreement is valid until a comprehensive agreement is made between Ísafjarðarbær, Vesturbyggð, Súðarvíkur district, Bolungarvíkurkaupstaðar and the Vestfjörður Health Institute.
Home care and home support is provided from the health care center by the new home care team Good to grow old. Home care is applied for through a doctor at the health care center and home care through Vesturbyggð.
The head of home care is Sigríður María Sigurðardóttir.
The hospital in Patreksfjörður. In the part of the building on the left, which was built in the years 1944–6, there is a nursing ward, hospital room, kitchen and various support rooms. In the newer section built in 1976–82 and to the right, the nursing home residents' dining room is on the top floor. On the main floor there is health care and in the basement rehabilitation, laundry room, chapel and more.
In the back view you can see the church tower and the elementary school, and behind that Vatneyri in the back view. The photo is taken from the top of an avalanche defense that runs along the slope.
Rehabilitation
The institute has a part-time physiotherapist who takes care of the nursing and medical department and health care. The physical therapist is Margrét Brynjólfsdóttir. She works with assistant physiotherapist Bjarnveig Guðbrandsdóttir, whose main role is to take care of activity and rehabilitation at Patreksfjörður's Nursing and Health Department.
The basement has facilities for outpatient services and a self-employed physiotherapist comes from Ísafjörður one to two weekends a month. Work is underway to improve this staffing. Physiotherapists who want to work, independently or under the umbrella of the organization, can contact the institution.
Medical transportation
Ambulances for the area are carried out by ambulance workers on back shifts based in the premises of the Red Cross in Vatneyri.
Mutual improvements
According to plan of the Ministry of Health on the development of nursing spaces from the fall of 2019, a complete renovation of the hospital is planned. Western settlement In the context of the construction, intends to build facilities for social work for senior citizens, as well as some other changes will be made to the hospital in connection with the construction. The aim is to hold an idea competition in 2022.
Updated 10. January 2025 (JEÚ)