Health

Turkish Cypriot doctors on Friday went on a full-day strike, citing a laundry list of shortcomings on the part of the north’s ruling coalition, and saying that health services ...

World Cancer Day is a reminder of people, not just statistics, as behind every diagnosis lies a life that changes, a family that is tested and a daily routine that ...

The state health services organisation (Okypy) on Wednesday said allegations by Pasydy union nurses’ branch that inadequate staffing at Nicosia general hospital led to two patients suffering a heart attack “...

The national healthcare system (Gesy) appears to be secure from a funding aspect, MPs heard on Thursday. The House health committee was discussing the 2026 budget of the Health Insurance Organisation (...

The new Polis Chrysochous hospital will be completed and ready to operate by September 2028, President Nikos Christodoulides announced on Thursday, following a meeting at the presidential palace with the Polis ...

Cyprus operates a mixed healthcare system that combines a universal public scheme — known as the General Healthcare System (GeSY) — with a parallel private healthcare market. Since GeSY became fully operational ...

Hospitalisations for Covid-19 and Influenza A increased in Limassol over the weekend, according to records from the district general hospital. Speaking to Philenews on Monday, Okypy spokesman Charalambos Charilaou said ...

The family of a 42-year-old woman with multiple sclerosis filed a formal complaint on Friday over alleged inadequate care at the Larnaca general hospital after she was found unconscious on ...

Longstanding neglect has left the country’s only public psychiatric facility unsafe for patients and staff, Akel warned on Friday, urging immediate action to improve conditions at the Athalassa psychiatric ...

Unions Pasyno and Pasyki warned on Thursday that the old buildings of Athalassa hospital are ‘structurally unsound, placing patients and staff at immediate and real risk’. In a joint statement, ...

Two babies aged seven months received cochlear implants at the hearing implants centre of Nicosia general hospital on Tuesday. The procedures were completed safely and mark a significant development in ...

Five people have died from symptoms associated with the flu on Monday, bringing the total number of influenza-related deaths to 12 since December, health ministry permanent secretary Elisavet Constantinou said. Hospitals ...

By Athena Vlachou Drugs used to treat metabolic disorders, such as Type 2 diabetes, alleviate symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease in mice, a study led by the Cyprus Institute of Neurology ...

Alzheimer’s is one of the most painful diseases to witness, not only because of what it does to the person who has it, but because of what it does ...

Taking paracetamol, known as Tylenol in the U.S., during pregnancy is safe, a group of European researchers have said, after compiling data in response to U.S. President Donald ...

Seven hospital patients with influenza have died in Cyprus since the start of the current flu season, amid pressure on hospital capacity and a shortage of available beds. Acting health ...

For the first time ever in a human, doctors have performed coronary artery bypass grafting without having to cut through the patient’s chest, similar to how many aortic valve ...

Repeated failures of the Gesy IT system this week have raised concern among healthcare providers, with the president of the pharmaceutical association warning that the state should have had a ...

The nephrology clinic at Nicosia General Hospital was on Tuesday renamed the Alkis Pierides Nephrology Clinic, in honour of the doctor’s contribution to the development of nephrology in Cyprus. ...

Cardiovascular diseases remain the leading cause of death nationwide, Health Minister Neophytos Charalambides said on Thursday. Speaking at a conference on cardiovascular health, the minister said that although deaths from ...

It is “inconceivable” for Cyprus to not have university clinics operating as part of its health system, Diko MP Chrysanthos Savvides said on Thursday. Addressing the day’s session of ...

The recent increase in hospital admissions of patients suffering from influenza type A is a seasonal phenomenon and not a cause for concern, Okypy spokesman Charalambos Charilaou said on Monday. “...

Hospitals across Cyprus were between 85 and 90 per cent full during the holiday period, with that figure set to rise over the coming days in the aftermath of festive gatherings, state ...

As Cyprus prepares to enter 2026, nursing unions are intensifying pressure on the health ministry, warning that unresolved staffing and planning failures are pushing the health system towards a breaking point. ...