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First Child Born In Seyðisfjörður For 30 Years
The first child to be born in Seyðisfjörður for more than 30 years entered the world on January 20, Heimildin reports. The birth was expected on February 3, with the child instead delivered prematurely by a doctor and a midwife to a…
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Death At Hospital Mental Health Ward Being Investigated As Criminal Act
A patient at the mental health ward of Landspítali hospital died on August 16th, and police believe the death may have a criminal element, Vísir reports. A nurse has been remanded to custody pending investigation. The nurse in question was attempting to…
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Hospitals In Crisis: Health Minister Seeks Private Sector, Hospital Director Wants Promises Kept
A staffing shortage at Landspítali hospital, exacerbated by the pandemic, has prompted Minister of Health Svandís Svavarsdóttir to begin negotiations with a private labour rental company abroad in order to meet the demand, Vísir reports. Some patients have been moved to other…
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Landspítali Is Now Working At Crisis Level Due To COVID Restrictions
Landspítali’s activities will move to a level of crisis in response to the COVID restrictions that were put in place at midnight, Fréttablaðið reports. Over the course of the next few days, it will be possible to start vaccinating workers with the…
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Landspítali Asking People To Look Elsewhere
The management at Landspítali have asked those with minor injuries or minor illnesses to not go to the emergency room in Fossvogur. This is due to the heavy workload that the emergency room is experiencing. The hospital recommends that people who need…
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Guðmundur Felix: “Life is good, I am almost free of pain.”
Guðmundur Felix Grétarsson, who had his arms transplanted in Lyon last December, has started to come to terms with his situation. 20 years ago, Guðmundur lost both of his arms in due to a high voltage shock whilst working as an electrician.…
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Hospital Hit With “Optimisation Requirement” Of 4.3 Billion ISK
Landspítali, Iceland’s national hospital, has often operated at a loss. Last year, they reported a 3.8 billion ISK deficit, and responded by making numerous cuts in management and reducing certain departments. However, now the hospital is facing having to undergo an “optimisation…
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Icelandic Midwives Walking Out, Negotiations Ongoing
The labour dispute between midwives and the state continues, as 12 midwives at the Landspítali hospital and others around the country have walked off. Public sentiment is rallying behind them, and the midwives are only asking for salaries that are in harmony…
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Last Words: Where Has Our Healthcare Gone?
Say you live in Iceland and you’re on minimum wage. More than half of your wage goes into your rent every month. One day you wake up and you’re covered in painful red cysts. Crying, you try to make an appointment; it’s…
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The Curious Case Of The Paralysed Lawyer – Part 2
You might remember the intriguing drug smuggling story we reported on a couple of weeks ago, involving a paralysed woman stuck in Spain and a parcel filled with 8kg of drugs sent from Spain to the Icelandic Chess Association. Two weeks later,…
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Iceland With Highest Mortality Rate For Breast Cancer
According to a report from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Iceland has the highest mortality rate among breast cancer patients in the entire OECD area. Members of the OECD include countries from all over the world, from Italy, Japan…
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The Curious Case Of The Paralysed Lawyer
Almost six million ISK (€48,000) has been collected in a campaign to bring home an Icelandic woman who was paralysed in a dubious accident in Spain at the beginning of January. The woman, Sunna Elvira Þorkelsdóttir, works as a lawyer in Iceland,…
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National Hospital Of Iceland Deprived Of 120 Beds In Couple Of Months
Around twenty hospital beds have recently been taken from the National University Hospital of Iceland due to shortage of resource and staff, Visir reports. The decision to scrap these 20 beds from the hospital equipment list comes just a month after the…
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President Offers Words Of Sympathy To Hospital Staff
President Guðni Th. Jóhannesson took the time to extend his sympathies and comfort to hospital staff attending to the injured in a bus accident last month. “I don’t remember when a President has sent hospital workers such a message, but he has…
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Blood Bank Desperate For Donations
The Blood Bank has called upon every available person to donate, as its reserves are dangerously low, reports visir.is. With the long holiday weekend Verslunarmannahelgin coming up, the bank says it needs a lot more donations. Jórunn Frímannsdóttir, department head for the…
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Number Of Foreign Tourists Treated At Hospital Increases 193%
The number of foreign tourists seeking medical attention at the Landspítali national hospital increased by 193% between 2013-2016, reports mbl.is According to numbers from the hospital, 1,594 patients were treated in 2013, compared to 4,665 three years later. This has lead to…
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Private Hospital Idea Ignites Criticism
A Dutch company that wants to build a private hospital in Iceland is being met with considerable criticism and resistance. It has also come to light that the company in question is interested in more than just health care in Iceland; they…
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Emergency Ward Often A “Little Tourist Office”
Workers at the emergency ward of Landspítali hospital reportedly often find themselves doing the job of a tourist office. Tourism has been increasingly dramatically in Iceland, with 2 million visitors predicted this year alone. As such, this brings with it an increasing…
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Hospital Uses Garage As Emergency Ward
Landspitali hospital has become so crowded that employees were forced to convert a garage into an emergency ward. RÚV reports that the garage can hold six patients. This decision was made due to the unusual number of emergency room check-ins this week.…
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Health Care Petition Halfway There After Just 5 Days
The petition to increase funding for health care is already halfway to to its goal of 100,000 signatures only five days after its creation. Over 51,000 Icelanders have signed the petition Endurreisn (“Restoration”), which demands the government devote at least 11% of…
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Tourist In Critical Care Following Diving Accident
A tourist is in critical care at the National University Hospital of Iceland following a diving accident at the Silfra rift in Þingvellir National Park yesterday, reports Vísir. The rift itself has been closed by park authorities until noon today. According to…
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PM Has Doubts About Health Care Petition
While the Prime Minister agrees with increasing health care funding, he does not feel it should be bound to a particular percentage of the GDP. The actual figures cited on a recent petition calling for increased funding have been called into question.…
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Petition To Increase Health Care Funding Sees Surge Of Support
Over 35,000 Icelanders have signed a petition calling for increased funding for health care in just the past two days. The petition in question, Endurreisn (“Restoration”), points out that the Icelandic government devotes proportionately far less money to the health care system…