Health

Health Minister Popi Kanari on Friday heralded the donation of five new mammography machines by Opap, to be used in the government’s breast detection programme. In a ceremony to ...

A patient advocacy group which has brought questions before parliament on the verification of doctors’ expertise, came under attack from the head of the Cyprus Medical Council on Friday. The ...

The Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics (CING) has established itself in the country and beyond, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Thursday. Laying the foundation stone of the new CING ...

Distortions and problems in the implementation of the state healthcare system (Gesy) are to be hammered out in a general meeting convened by President Nikos Christodoulides on Friday. The main ...

The EU’s Commissioner for Health, Stella Kyriakidou, called for equal treatment for cancer sufferers across the bloc on Thursday. Speaking in Paphos to the Pancyprian Association of Cancer Patients ...

Health Minister Popi Kanari said that a meeting on the future of Gesy will take place at the presidential palace on Friday with key stakeholders. The minister explained on Wednesday ...

Cabinet on Wednesday moved to increase IVF treatment subsidies to €3,500 as part of the government’s efforts to combat low birth rates. The funding previously amounted to €2,500 and has since ...

The stationing of school nurses is to be gradually introduced, President Nikos Christodoulides announced on Tuesday, in the context of his 100 days in government press conference. The president spoke of ...

The Miracle Babies organisation on Monday welcomed plans by the state health services organisation Okypy to upgrade of the neonatal intensive care unit at Nicosia’s Makarios hospital. The organisation, ...

Cyprus has double the number of new patients starting dialysis each year Cyprus records one of the highest numbers in terms of its population in new patients requiring kidney dialysis ...

It’s no secret that smoking is incredibly harmful, but despite all the scientific evidence we have accumulated, an array of myths and misconceptions still circulate about the source of ...

Cyprus aims to attract medical tourists with a new multi-million scheme that will provide subsidies to tourist accommodations so that they can become more accessible with medical facilities. Cabinet approved ...

The association of physiotherapists went on an all-day work stoppage on Thursday over disputes with the state health insurance organisation (HIO). Physiotherapists gathered in front of the HIO offices in ...

Cyprus holds the highest proportion of blood donations in terms of population, the Thalassemia International Federation (TIF) said on Wednesday. In an announcement to mark World Blood Donor Day, the ...

Cyprus is in favour of the creation of a single market for medicines, Health Minister Popi Kanari said on Tuesday during the second day of the Employment, Social Policy, Health ...

Patients undergo “unimaginable suffering” because of an ongoing spat between physiotherapists and the and the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO), the federation of patients’ associations said on Tuesday. They called on ...

Appalling conditions and overcrowding at the Athalassa psychiatric hospital resurfaced on Tuesday, following the publication of pictures of the facility on social media. Increased admissions, medicine shortages, chronic understaffing, and ...

The Cyprus Association of Cancer Patients and Friends (Pasykaf) have declared this week “Male cancer awareness week”. It is part of the association’s campaign to raise awareness and early ...

Irregular doctor charges and long waiting times for appointments are not widespread, head of the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) Andreas Papaconstantinou said on Monday. Speaking on CyBC’s morning programme, ...

AstraZeneca (AZN.L) said on Friday it had signed an agreement with Quell Therapeutics potentially worth more than $2 billion to develop cell therapies that could cure autoimmune diseases. The agreement ...

Patients Association Osak on Friday complained of the delay in investigating the case of an elderly woman who died after drinking a cleaning solution while a patient at the Nicosia ...

Health authorities on Thursday said they have issued a recall on certain food products on the market, after sample testing detected salmonella. The health ministry said it has contacted the ...

Increases in applications from private companies wishing to become part of the national health scheme (Gesy) are being seen as positive so far, but authorities say that capacity planning will ...

‘For Gesy to continue, there need to be changes’ Mistakes were made while introducing the largest reform to the health system through Gesy’s implementation, and deeply rooted changes need ...