Health

The government approved plans on Wednesday for the opening of a national office of the World Health Organisation in Cyprus. The bill will now be submitted to the House of ...

The state health services organisation (Okypy) has received 16 international quality assurance certificates, and says it is in the process of obtaining 14 more, it announced on Tuesday. Among those obtained are ...

People in Britain who can afford to pay out of their own pocket may get easier access to Novo Nordisk’s weight-loss drug Wegovy than those seeking treatment in the ...

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 (...

Health authorities have ramped up their efforts following the identification of a West Nile virus case in Cyprus. According to the health ministry, the case was discovered a few days ...

The government is evaluating a proposal to bring the process of sending patients abroad for treatment under the umbrella of Gesy. According to health ministry spokesman Dimitris Constantinou, the details ...

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, ...

Britain’s state-run national health service will be the first in the world to offer an injection that treats cancer to hundreds of patients in England which could cut treatment ...

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 ...

Britain’s state-run national health service will be the first in the world to offer an injection that treats cancer to hundreds of patients in England which could cut treatment ...

The Scientific committee for the monitoring of Covid-19 disease has been renamed as the Advisory scientific committee following its meeting on Tuesday. In addition, the meeting saw information provided regarding ...

China’s abrupt move to dismantle its strict COVID-19 regime, which unleashed the virus onto its 1.4 billion residents, could have led to nearly 2 million excess deaths in the following two ...

September will see a range of changes in the national health care system (Gesy) with the health insurance organisation (HIO) ready to implement several decisions drawn up in recent months, ...

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 (...

A feud – with signs of a turf war – has been brewing between the bureaucracy at the health ministry and the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) over who should handle air ambulances ...

Patients will have a more active role in evaluating services offered through Gesy, Health Minister Popi Kanari said on Friday after a Cabinet meeting. The evaluation process is set to ...

The tender for the creation of a new thalassaemia centre at the Makarios hospital has been announced by the government. The centre will cost over €5 million and will take 18 months ...

Age limits for the HPV vaccine, known as Gardasil, are to be changed following a decision from the National vaccination advisory committee. New guidelines have been set for the vaccine ...

A total of 246 people visited Nicosia’s accident and emergency department in the space of just 24 hours on August 13, a sharp increase on usual figures, it emerged on Thursday. According ...

The government’s vision for Gesy “is the creation of a new culture where beneficiaries and providers will protect it, for it is property of the Republic’s citizens and ...

The government’s covid-19 scientific advisory team is to convene on August 29 to review the current indicators in the face of a recent rise in virus cases. Health Minister Popi ...

The updated Covid-19 vaccine will be offered for simultaneous administration with the influenza vaccine starting in October, health ministry permanent secretary, Christina Yiannaki, announced. Yiannaki, who heads the national vaccine ...

In 2021 Cyprus ranked fourth in the EU in terms of the number of practising doctors per capita, according to data just released by Eurostat. In Cyprus the number of licensed ...