The likelihood of significant lay-offs at Iceland’s biggest hospital – Landspitali in Reykjavik – became very real today after a general meeting to discuss next year’s budgetary plans was held by hospital president Bjorn Zoega. Read the full story

Reykjavik’s Landspitali hospital is struggling to attract new specialists with the wages being offered. Despite staff cut-backs due to the budgetary restrictions, the situation is still considered serious. Read the full story

The future design of a brand new Landspitali hospital was revealed yesterday at the University of Iceland. A competition was held for the new hospital design. Read the full story

In a strange incident, a man drove his car through the window of the mental health department at Reykjavik’s Landspitali hospital this weekend. Read the full story

Building work on Reykjavik’s new Landspitali Hospital will likely start in the latter half of 2011 and continue until 2016, according to a statement of intent signed yesterday by representatives of the pension funds and the Icelandic government. Read the full story