Health

Figures from the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) show that the number of patients taking antidepressant drugs almost doubled in Cyprus in the past five years: from 33,470 in 2019 to 64,611 in 2023. On ...

Medical services in Cyprus are on high alert to address any potential cases of Mpox (monkeypox), the director of public health services, Elisavet Constantinou, said on Thursday. Speaking to the ...

A World Health Organization official stressed on Tuesday that mpox, regardless of whether it is the new or old strain, is not the new COVID, as authorities know how to ...

Faced with ever-increasing discouragement at home, Greek doctors are seeking work in Cyprus, and according to a press report this weekend flooding Gesy. Understaffing, poor infrastructure and low wages are ...

August and September are the worst months for blood adequacy, especially this year, when demands are unchanged but donations are fewer due to the holiday season. Head of the health ...

Cyprus is fully prepared to deal with mpox cases, with sufficient vaccines available for everyone, Dr Elisavet Constantinou, Director of Public Health Services, assured on Saturday. Earlier this week, the ...

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) has raised its risk level for mpox, a day after global health officials confirmed the first infection with a new strain ...

The World Health Organization declared mpox a global public health emergency for the second time in two years, following an outbreak of the viral infection in Democratic Republic of Congo ...

The 17-year-old national guardsman is returned to Cyprus on Tuesday via air ambulance. Although his condition has improved, it is not stable enough for him to travel on a commercial ...

A handful of North American companies which see potential for vape-like devices to ease migraines and respiratory diseases such as asthma have a long road to convince health authorities and ...

The state health services organisation (Okypy) and doctors failed to reach an agreement on Wednesday after a mammoth meeting to discuss pay incentives for state hospital doctors. The meeting between ...

A 33-year-old man is currently under observation at the Baris psychiatric hospital in northern Nicosia after having stolen an ambulance and driven it 25 kilometres. The man reportedly fell ill in ...

The general health system (Gesy) is financially robust and projected to remain solvent at least through to the year 2031, an official asserted on Monday. Angelos Tropis, a senior official with ...

Doctors working at public hospitals did not turn up to a meeting which would have aimed to distribute performance-based bonuses paid by the state health services (Okypy). Okypy had a ...

Turkish Cypriot doctors on Friday warned of staff and infrastructure shortages at accident and emergency departments across the north as demand continues to rise. Cyprus Turkish medical association (KTTB) secretary-general ...

Lung cancer, the main cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide, is the second most frequent form of cancer among men in Cyprus and the fifth among women. Marking August 1, world lung ...

Over €41 million was paid in 2023 to private hospitals for treating patients referred through the national health scheme (Gesy), with one medical establishment in Cyprus receiving over €6 million. According to information ...

Legislation has been prepared for the creation of the role of a “patient advocate”, with the bill expected to be brought to parliament in the near future. The bill is ...

Isotita union on Monday charged it was a matter of urgency that a Gesy commissioner is appointed, as incumbent Christodoulos Kaisis’ term is up on July 31 when he retires. In ...

The federation of Cyprus patients’ associations (Osak) said on Monday it “expects a response” from President Nikos Christodoulides to their suggestions over the future of ambulances’ operation in Cyprus. They ...

Hospitals across Cyprus are on standby to deal with cases of Covid-19, which according to Health Minister Michael Damianos, are “slightly increased”, while the overall situation is deemed to be “...

Concerns are continuing to grow over the state of operations of ambulance services in Cyprus, with the federation of Cyprus patients’ associations (Osak) becoming increasingly restless over what they perceive ...

Hepatitis infections are increasing in Cyprus, especially among young people, the association of liver patients and friends ‘Prometheus’ and the hepatitis society said on Friday. During a workshop which focused ...

The World Health Organisation is sending more than one million polio vaccines to Gaza to be administered over the coming weeks to prevent children being infected after the virus was ...