No shortage of pharmacists, EU stats show
Cyprus is ranked number seven on the list of EU member states when it comes to the number of pharmacists per inhabitant, Eurostat reported on...
Healthcare
Seven thousand free ops in first two months of Gesy inpatient care
Seven thousand operations have been carried out free of charge within two months of Gesy introducing inpatient care, the head of the patients’ association Marios...
Gesy headed down the same road as defunct Co-op Keve warns
Gesy, unless managed properly, could share the same fate as the now defunct Co-operative Bank, Christodoulos Angastiniotis, head of the chamber of commerce and industry...
HIO to limit number of visits to specialists amid signs of system abuse
The health insurance organisation (HIO) has begun tightening the noose around the number of visits to specialist doctors it emerged on Monday, amidst growing concerns...
Paphos hospital in desperate need of upgrade says mayor
Paphos general hospital is 30 years old and needs a thorough renovation and expansion, Paphos mayor Phaedonas Phaedonos said on Thursday. Procedures to ensure the...
Doctors reach deal over Gesy pay
Doctors union Pasydy on Monday agreed to the monetary incentives offered by the state health services (Okypy). In a statement, the union said: “the agreement...
Concern among MPs of ‘creeping’ two-tier Gesy
Opposition MPs on Thursday cautioned against what they said appear to be attempts to covertly introduce a multi-payer system into the national health scheme (Gesy)....
Friends’ Hospice in Paphos faces imminent closure
The Friends’ Hospice in Paphos is facing closure at the end of the month unless new premises and additional funding can be found urgently, the...
Suspension of Gesy contributions to cost €130m in 2020
The national health system (Gesy) stands to lose some €130m in 2020 after a planned raise in contributions had been suspended by the government as...
Deal close in state doctors’ pay dispute
A pay dispute between state doctors and the organisation of state health services (Okypy) appears to have been resolved after it was agreed to grant...
Minister confident issues over inpatient care will be ironed out
More than 500 patient referrals have been issued during the first two days since inpatient care was introduced in Gesy, Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou said...
What you need to know about inpatient care under Gesy
The health ministry on Monday issued a question and answer announcement explaining how the public can access inpatient care under Gesy. How will I be...
A&E doctors strike over staff shortages (updated)
Members of state doctors union Pasyki staged a 24-hour strike at A&E departments island-wide on Tuesday over acute understaffing issues which they say put patients...
Gesy questions raised after non-registered child needs ICU care
After a three-year-old child not registered with a Gesy GP was delayed in receiving required emergency transfer to the Makarios hospital, now under the management...
EU nationals still struggling to register with Gesy
Thousands of European foreign nationals living in Cyprus and who require specific residence permits to register with the national health scheme (Gesy) are stuck in...
Over 400 electric beds purchased for public hospitals
A batch of 469 new electric beds are being distributed to public hospitals island-wide in preparation for the national health scheme (Gesy), the health ministry...
London HIV patient becomes world’s second AIDS cure hope
An HIV-positive man in Britain has become the second known adult worldwide to be cleared of the AIDS virus after he received a bone marrow...
Where will new health scheme leave your healthcare?
By Nadia Sawyer Mention Gesy (the National Health Scheme) to anyone currently working in the private health sector or health insurance sector and they run...
Working for the benefit of doctors and patients
By Annette Chysostomou The Pancyprian association of private hospitals was created in 2004, working to help both doctors and patients and currently represents 77 per...
Healthcare put to use to promote tourism to the island
By Nadia Sawyer Medical tourism to the island is being used as a way of expanding the tourist season, an idea that was first floated...
