Gunnar Líndal Appointed Site Engineer for New Akureyri Hospital Building

Gunnar Líndal Sigurðsson will lead the construction of a new hospital building at Akureyri Hospital (SAk) as the site engineer for New National University Hospital Ltd. (NLSH).

The new facility aims to drastically improve conditions for patients, addressing issues like overcrowded wards and inadequate isolation rooms. The current psychiatric ward facilities are also deemed unsuitable and inconveniently located.

The planned new building will connect to existing structures and house a surgical department with 36 rooms, a medical department with 36 rooms, and a psychiatric department with 12 patient rooms and two secure units for psychiatric emergencies. It will also include support spaces and a modern day and outpatient clinic for psychiatry.

Líndal, an industrial engineer with an executive MBA, brings nine years of experience from SAk. His previous roles there included head of the operations department and project manager for the new building's preparation and user consultation. He has also led numerous cross-functional projects and committees. In 2022, he briefly served as a town councilor in Akureyri for the L-list. His experience also extends to the handball community in Akureyri, where he worked with youth teams and the men's and women's clubs.

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The new inpatient ward building will completely change the conditions for patients who currently lie in shared rooms, and there is also a lack of isolation rooms. In addition, the psychiatric ward's housing is currently unacceptable for the activity and its location is inconvenient. In the new building, which connects to the current building, there will be facilities for the surgical department (36 rooms), the medical department (36 rooms) and the psychiatric department (12 patient rooms and two security units for psychiatric care) along with support spaces, and there will be a magnificent modern day and outpatient clinic for psychiatry.