New Board Appointed for Iceland's National University Hospital

Iceland's Minister of Health has appointed a new board for the National University Hospital (Landspítali), which will serve for the next two years as the institution undergoes construction of a new facility.

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This is a powerful group of people who together possess extensive knowledge, education, and experience across a wide range, in accordance with the legal provisions for the board of Landspítali.

Regína Ásvaldsdóttir, former mayor of Mosfellsbær, has been appointed as the chair of the new board. Birna Einarsdóttir, former CEO of Íslandsbanki, will serve as the vice-chair. The Ministry of Health stated that the board's role is to set the hospital's long-term strategy in accordance with the minister's directives and the institution's legal mandate.

Other board members include Anna Sigríður Íslind, a computer science professor at the University of Iceland; Thor Aspelund, a biostatistics professor at the University of Iceland's Centre for Health Sciences; and Guðjón Hauksson, CEO of Akureyri Hospital. Two non-voting representatives of the hospital staff, Signý Sveinsdóttir (nurse) and Theodór Skúli Sigurðsson (anesthesiologist), have also been appointed.

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Here we also get important connections with the University of Iceland, the University of Reykjavík, elder care services, and Akureyri Hospital, which I think are very important to strengthen the connection and cooperation of that with Landspítali.

Minister of Health Alma D. Möller expressed confidence in the new board, describing the members as a "powerful group of people" with extensive knowledge, education, and experience. She highlighted their diverse backgrounds in management, healthcare services, scientific research, and public administration, noting the importance of connections with the University of Iceland, Reykjavík University, elder care services, and Akureyri Hospital. Möller anticipates significant contributions from the new board and wished them success in their endeavors.

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I expect a lot from the new board and wish it success.