Healthcare

Prostate cancer is the most common cancer among men in Cyprus, with 450 cases recorded per year, according to the Cyprus Cancer Registry. In addition, it is the second most common ...

Public hospitals are the “backbone” of the national health care system (Gesy) but they must become competitive, the health minister said on Friday. Speaking on CyBC radio, Health Minister Popi ...

Podiatrists will begin offering their services under the national health scheme (Gesy) on November 1, the health insurance organisation (HIO) announced on Wednesday. According the HIO, podiatrists will offer their services ...

Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer for women in Cyprus, with almost a third of them affected by the disease getting breast cancer, the health ministry’s ...

The growth in demand for appetite suppressing anti-obesity drugs like Novo Nordisk’s (NOVOb.CO) Wegovy presents opportunities for food manufacturers and the market’s initially downbeat reaction may be ...

The accident and emergency departments at the Apollonion hospital in Nicosia and the Ygia polyclinic in Limassol are included in Gesy as of Monday. Their joining of Gesy brings the ...

Health Minister Popi Kanari held a meeting on Wednesday centred on the A&E departments within the national healthcare system, Gesy, as more former private emergency departments have joined ...

State doctors’ union (Pasyki) lamented the absence of comprehensive planning and coordination between the competent authorities after the Limassol general hospital was downgraded on Friday. The hospital was downgraded to “...

Health Minister Popi Kanari commemorated World Heart ‘Restart’ Day with a speech at the University of Cyprus on Monday. The day has been held on October 16 every year since 2012 and ...

All fifth grade primary school students will have free dental services as part of a health ministry programme for the current school year. An announcement from the dental services on ...

The Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) is looking to cut a deal with private insurers on how to divvy up hospital treatment costs, it emerged in parliament on Monday. HIO director ...

Four months after the implementation of an electronic patient satisfaction survey, beneficiaries of the national health service Gesy rated inpatient healthcare services at an impressive 8.8 out of 10. According to a ...

Contract drug manufacturers seeking to tap into the booming market for weight-loss drugs are investing billions of dollars to expand or build factories that fill the injection pens used to ...

Health Minister Popi Kanari will depart for London on Tuesday, to sign important agreements with hospitals there. During her stay in London, Kanari is scheduled to visit King’s College ...

A new patients’ guide website is set to be created, with the aim of helping people better understand Gesy and how to use the system. The guide is the brainchild ...

The new Christoforos Hadjilambris medical centre in Koloni, Geroskipou, will be fully operational on October 5, according to Geroskipou mayor Kyriakos Hadjivasilis. Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency (CNA), Hadjivasilis confirmed ...

The finance ministry finds itself “in disagreement” with the health ministry regarding the future of the ambulance service, after the latter suggested its operations should be moved under its own ...

The council of ministers on Tuesday gave the green light for the creation of five round-the-clock care units for adults with disabilities. Deputy minister for social welfare Marilena Evangelou explained ...

Hundreds of doctors’ offices in Cyprus have no disability access in their offices, despite an obligation to do so dating back to 2011, the House human rights committee heard on Monday. ...

Health Minister Popi Kanari has thrown her support behind a plan to transfer the process of sending patients abroad to the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO). Speaking after a meeting of ...

But who’s to blame: a demanding patient or a nervous GP? By Elias Hazou The problem of long waiting times to see a specialist in the national health system (...

Patients using public hospitals could potentially face serious problems, as the health insurance organisation (HIO) and state hospital services organisation (Okypy) seem to be at loggerheads over a financial agreement, ...

The American Medical Centre is opening a new hospital in Limassol, set to “transform” the country’s health in the private sector. Works are set to begin on the 12,900 metres ...

Management and doctors at a clinic operating within the national health service (Gesy) are under scrutiny by the authorities for fraudulent billing registrations. An investigation by the health insurance organisation (...