Healthcare

Strong objections from students and trade unions were raised on Thursday over proposed legislation allowing the employment of nurses from third countries, as parliament prepares to examine the amendments amid ...

Cabinet on Wednesday was to issue a decision regarding the expropriation of land for the planned new hospital in Polis Chrysochous, President Nikos Christodoulides said. “It is important that we ...

Violence committed against nurses and other medical staff at hospitals is a growing issue, trade union Pasydy’s nurses’ branch leader Prodromos Argyrides said on Wednesday, saying that nurses “do ...

Private hospitals warned on Friday they will “take action” unless the government acts immediately to address a critical shortage of nurses. Speaking on CyBC radio, private hospitals association (Pasin) chairman, ...

A new Bank of Cyprus oncology centre is to open in Larnaca next year, the bank said on Monday. The centre will, according to the bank, serve the needs of ...

Marios Charalambides was appointed on Wednesday by the cabinet as the first patients’ ombudsman. In statements after the meeting, Health Minister Michalis Damianos spoke of a historic day for the ...

No lives are at risk as a result of the delays caused by the decision to cancel a contract for the construction of a building which will house a new ...

When we think about sports like football, hockey, or rugby, the first images that come to mind are often thrilling touchdowns, big hits, or the roar of the crowd.  But ...

Healthcare expenses across America face their steepest increases in half a decade, with insurance premiums climbing toward unprecedented levels. Amid widespread consumer frustration over claim denials and restricted access, Liberty ...

The cabinet has approved a new bill that sets strict rules for how scanning centres operate in Cyprus. The new draft law aims to ensure that all imaging services, including ...

The Ygia Group this week announced that it has completed the acquisition of Eden Medical Center, making it the largest private provider of inpatient care in Cyprus, with more than 270 ...

The Cyprus association of care home owners on Wednesday expressed “strong dissatisfaction” over the way House labour committee discussed living conditions in private and state care homes for people with ...

The Evangelismos hospital in Paphos is set to be acquired following the signing of a sale agreement, pending final approval from the Cyprus Commission for the Protection of Competition (CPC). ...

A team of Cyprus-led scientists has made a breakthrough in understanding breast and ovarian cancer with a milestone study that distinguishes “innocent” and “dangerous” genetic errors, the Cyprus Institute of ...

Health Minister Michael Damianos on Sunday said that while there are “certainly problems” with Gesy, it “will not collapse”. Speaking at an event in the Paphos district village of Panayia, ...

The Council of Ministers on Wednesday approved a bill providing the first legal framework for palliative care in Cyprus. “This initiative fills a significant legislative gap and ensures that patients ...

A new artificial intelligence (AI) tool is being developed to monitor the vast amount of data recorded in Cyprus’ national health scheme (Gesy), aiming to expose potential fraud, misuse, or ...

Parliament is to prepare a “good practice manual” for the media, which will outline “good practices and appropriate vocabulary” regarding media reporting on diseases and people who have them. The ...

The launch of a new nationwide screening programme for bowel cancer on Thursday offers free testing to thousands of people across Cyprus to detect the disease early and save lives. ...

The Cyprus health insurance organisation (HIO) on Monday broke its silence over mounting criticism about delays in approving innovative medicines, pointing to chronic understaffing and the complex nature of pharmaceutical ...

Cyprus remains heavily reliant on imported medicines, with only around 40 per cent of authorised pharmaceutical products actually available on the island, according to a European Commission staff working document on ...

The brain really is an incredible organ, and neurons are the vital link between, well, everything. The brain is anything but set in stone; how we think, feel, reason, and ...

The House on Thursday enacted legislation creating the office of the patients advocate – a comprehensive mechanism to receive, process and make determinations on complaints filed by patients. Two relevant government ...

Cyprus’ first-ever national mental health strategy, covering the next three years, was unveiled on Friday by Health Minister Michael Damianos, who also announced that Athalassa psychiatric hospital will be upgraded ...