Health

Cancer drugs estimated to be worth hundreds of thousands of euros, which were stored in a refrigerated area at Limassol general hospital, have been destroyed, state health services organisation (Okypy) ...

Police are investigating whether the death of Panayiotis Anastasi, 40, from Sotira in Famagusta, was caused by medical negligence. Anastasi was admitted to the ICU of the Famagusta general hospital in ...

Doctors at public hospitals are going on a 48-hour strike next week after failing to reach an agreement with state health services organisation (Okypy), it emerged on Wednesday. The strike ...

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 ...

State health services (Okypy) representatives are to meet with doctors’ trade unions on Tuesday in a last-ditch attempt to avoid the strike planned by doctors for Thursday. According to the ...

An 84-year-old woman from Nicosia died of heatstroke on Saturday afternoon, the health ministry said on Sunday. The woman had been admitted to the Nicosia general hospital on Friday and ...

Some 4% of U.S. adults aged 65 and older say they have been diagnosed with dementia, a rate that reached 13% for those at least 85-years old, according to a report of ...

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 ...

Public hospital doctors will stage a 24-hour strike on June 20, threatening escalated measures on July 2 and 3 if they are not compensated in full for the hours they put in. In ...

In order to better meet the needs of the public, the state health service (Okypy) on Friday announced the introduction of afternoon sessions for occupational therapists at the Neurodevelopmental Disorders ...

Health Minister Michael Damianos is likely to receive a negative response from the nursing registration council regarding his proposal to hire nurses from non-EU countries to fill existing staffing gaps ...

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 ...

Health Minister Michalis Damianou has pledged to have the legislation setting up university clinics ready before the end of the year but is steeling himself for a tough battle with ...

Waterborne diseases are now a risk in Brazil’s southernmost state, authorities say, as residents begin to return to flooded homes and clean up after catastrophic floods that killed at ...

One in five professional players who took part in a study commissioned by the Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA) said they were using nicotine pouches, tobacco sachets (snus) or both, research ...

Around 2,500 people in Cyprus suffer from multiple sclerosis, the nurses association (Pasymn) said on Tuesday ahead of World MS Day marked around the world on May 30. Various state agencies, including ...

Makarios hospital paediatric department director Avraam Elias urged people to get their children vaccinated on Tuesday, amid a rise in measles cases in Europe. He was quick to offer reassurances ...

The United States and Europe are taking steps to acquire or manufacture H5N1 bird flu vaccines that could be used to protect at-risk poultry and dairy workers, veterinarians and ...

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, ...

Thyroid cancer is the second most common cancer among women in Cyprus and the sixth in men, the Cyprus cancer patients’ association (Pasykaf) said on Monday. Figures show 35-to-59-year-olds ...

One in three people in Cyprus are hypertensive, Cyprus’ cardiology and pathology societies announced on Friday. Launching a high blood pressure awareness campaign in light of World Hypertension Day, it ...

A nurses’ strike was called off on Thursday with unions deciding to meet with state health services organisation (Okypy) to discuss staffing issues. Nurses’ unions, Pasyno and Pasydy, had previously ...