Patent waivers for vaccines proposal supported by 5 EU nations
Five European Union Member States distanced themselves on Friday from the idea of waiving patent rights on coronavirus vaccines, saying the key to ending the...
Healthcare
Biden administration to back suspending Covid-19 vaccine patents
In a major shift on intellectual property rights, the US administration has backed lifting patents of Covid-19 vaccines in order to speed up vaccination of...
Accupuncture grows popular in Malta with other Chinese medicine
Chinese physician Jiang Yawen, 38, heading a team of five fellow doctors, has been on duty in Malta since last October. The 16th Chinese Medical...
Countries in Europe to make vaccines at home
In the German town of Dessau, one of the sites of the Bauhaus art school, an institute was set up in 1921 to mass-produce vaccines...
Auditor-general fears forced sale of hospitals if health services tank
Auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides has assessed that the state health services organisation (Okypy) will be unable to cover its budget deficit by 2024, the date when...
Over 43,000 received Gesy inpatient care in six months
Over 43,000 beneficiaries of the national health scheme (Gesy) have received inpatient care since its launch, the health insurance organisation (HIO) told the health minister...
Mediterranean Hospital, launches vaccinations certified by Cyprus blockchain app — Aretaeio to follow
The Mediterranean Hospital of Cyprus announced on Tuesday that it had vaccinated 100 doctors and personnel, and certified the vaccinations using the Cyprus-developed E-H Cert...
Govt warns of healthcare collapse if budget not passed (Updated)
Rejection of the 2021 state budget by parliament would lead to the collapse of the health system Gesy, the government warned on Wednesday as ruling...
New services available from Gesy from Tuesday
Additional services will be available under the general health scheme, Gesy, from Tuesday including preventive dental care, out-patients treatment for mental health, physiotherapy, occupational therapy,...
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...
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...