Health

Cabinet on Wednesday approved a bill to amend the structure of health state service organisation Okypy. The legislations will enable its board of directors to set internal regulations for the ...

The Cyprus Mental Health Protection Association on Tuesday urged employers to consider hiring individuals with mental health challenges, stressing that everyone can be a productive member of society. The association’...

A preliminary agreement between the state health services Okypy and trade unions representing employees at state hospitals over collective agreements has been reached, according to a statement released by trade ...

US scientists Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Medicine for the discovery of microRNA and its crucial role in how multicellular organisms grow and live, the ...

The Cyprus Medical Association on Sunday called for an “urgent review” of safety measures at accident and emergency departments in Cyprus’ hospitals after a patient attacked staff at the Nicosia ...

The month of October is dedicated to both World Mental Health Day and Breast Cancer Awareness and Early Diagnosis and to approach the topic, the Breast Centre of Cyprus is ...

A patient tried to stab someone at Nicosia general hospital and then punched a doctor and two nurses, unions charged on Saturday, prompting them to organise a two-hour strike on ...

The number of women turning to midwives for a natural birth and care for infants and mothers is on the rise, with 170 recorded in September compared to 130 in August. Health ...

The Cyprus Turkish nurses and midwives union on Tuesday announced that an interim order had been issued in their favour regarding a lawsuit they had filed against the north’s ‘...

The percentage of mixed feeding for infants – breastmilk and formula – has risen from 65.7 per cent in 2010 to 88.3 per cent in 2022 and Cyprus’ national strategy for increasing breastfeeding for the years 2024 ...

Gesy is kicking off its new awareness campaign on Thursday with TV spots aimed at making patients think twice before using the national health scheme if it is not absolutely ...

Steps were taken on Thursday towards the creation of a new ambulance service, with Health Minister Michael Damianos attending the House health committee to put forward his position on the ...

A man is suing a doctor and the hospital at which he was treated after undergoing an operation on his left knee when he had intended to undergo an operation ...

The Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics (CING) has secured €760,000 in funding to study optimised and personalised interventions aimed at delaying and alleviating dementia, it announced on Friday. CING said ...

Football’s governing body FIFA and the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday launched a global concussion awareness initiative developed with brain health experts. The ‘Suspect and Protect: No Match ...

The 20th Pink Figures March will be held on October 5, the breast cancer association Europa Donna Cyprus announced on Tuesday. The march is being held under the auspices of EU ...

Cyprus’ new three-year strategy for the protection, promotion and support of breastfeeding was adopted on Tuesday by the cabinet to create a society with a friendly disposition towards infants and ...

The state health services (Okypy) appears to have shown blatant disregard for how it spends public funds, particularly by management who have booked fancy hotels and raked in plenty of ...

Dozens of blood transfusions to thalassemia patients were postponed due to low reserves in Cyprus’ blood bank, head of the national thalassemia association Miltos Miltiadous said on Sunday. His statements ...

Demetrios Bestitzanos is a doctor, specifically an internist. A few years ago, around the time he turned 50, he decided to relocate from Athens – where he’d been studying and working ...

Deputy Minister for European Affairs Marilena Raouna has said that as Cyprus prepares to undertake its second Presidency of the Council of the EU in January 2026, the government aims to ...

Health Minister Michael Damianos announced on Friday that cabinet approved kidney and lung transplant agreements set to be signed on September 19 with the Greek government. Speaking after the cabinet meeting, ...

There is a need for a new strategic plan for blood donation, Miltos Miltiadou, president of the Pancyprian Thalassaemia Association, said on Friday, in response to messages sent to patients ...

Seven pharmacies that have secured an interim court order and operate as they please complained on Thursday about the ruckus being caused by the pharmacists’ association clamouring to have the ...