Healthcare

The shortage of nursing and midwifery staff in Cyprus must be tackled effectively, Health Minister Michalis Damianos said on Tuesday. He called on all young men and women, as well ...

The children’s and oncology ward at Limassol general hospital has been left without AC since Sunday amid extreme temperatures around the island. Following complaints by a number of patients, ...

A medical association on Monday said it was preparing ‘necessary legal action’ against the Health Insurance Organisation amid a spat between the two. The diagnostics association (Pasydike) stressed it was ...

The finance ministry on Saturday condemned the planned 48-hour strike by doctors in public hospitals that is set to paralyse the health system next week. The doctors’ union Pasyki said ...

Health Minister Michael Damianos on Friday spoke in favour of a European Union proposal to stipulate that all patent holders for all medicinal products placed on the market ensure their ...

The Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) warned on Monday that the absence of adequate infrastructure for elderly care could compromise the effective functioning of the healthcare system in Cyprus. A report ...

Nurses fumed on Monday over reported plans to reduce the minimum Greek language requirement for third country nationals who wish to practise nursing in Cyprus. Trade union Pasydy expressed “strong ...

Nurses will be taking further measures against state health services organisation (Okypy) after both failed to reach an agreement on staffing issues during a meeting on Monday. “We will escalate ...

Tensions have reached boiling point over the planned construction works at Makarios children’s hospital, with paediatricians joining parents of children in the oncology department in voicing their strong opposition ...

Nurses’ unions and the state health services organisation (Okypy) decided on Monday that they would reconvene on June 6 to continue their deliberations over understaffing. In statements after the three-hour meeting, ...

Nurses will hold a work stoppage outside public hospitals on Thursday to protest understaffing, union representatives announced on Tuesday. “For a year now, even after signing the agreement stating a ...

Some 92 per cent of Cypriots consider that the health system Gesy has improved the quality of life of the population, a survey revealed on Friday. The survey was carried out ...

The government’s current priority is “undoubtedly” mental health, Health Minister Michael Damianos said on Thursday. Speaking at the Cyprus Healthcare Conference, he pointed out that according to estimates published ...

The government on Thursday announced plans to launch an electronic platform to monitor healthcare-associated infections. A healthcare-associated infection is the technical term for an infection contracted by a patient while ...

During a meeting with representatives of trade union Pasydy on Wednesday, nurses again raised the issue of understaffing in public hospitals, highlighting the urgent need for action from health authorities. ...

Patients are running out of specialised medications due to the state’s lack of planning, head of the patient association (Osak) said on Wednesday. Speaking to state broadcaster CyBC, Osak ...

A woman has died in the north after being given the wrong type of blood during a transfusion. The woman was named as 56-year-old Ayla Dalgalan, a retired teacher from ...

The Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) on Monday has reminded its beneficiaries that they can receive SMS notifications on their mobiles of the result of their visits to specialist doctors. “Beneficiaries ...

Nurses are “often treated with contempt”, trade union Pasydy’s nursing branch said on Friday. In a statement released ahead of International Nurses Day on Sunday, the union said nurses ...

Cyprus has the highest rate of healthcare-associated infections of any country in the European Union, according to a report published by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). ...

By Robert Morgan Around 1,400 Cypriot patients are estimated to have haemoglobin disorders, the International Thalassemia Federation (ITF) said on Wednesday. In a statement released to coincide with World Thalassemia Day, ...

The state is under the obligation to provide cancer patients and their families a full range of health services, Minister of Health Michalis Damianou said on Monday. The minister made ...

State doctors’ union Pasyki expressed concerns on Monday regarding the finances of state health services organisation Okypy. They said that while the extension of government grants to cover Okypy’s ...

Cabinet on Wednesday approved a bill addressing deficits of the state health services (Okypy), granting them a one-year extension. Government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said the initial law specified the state ...