Health

A pilot scheme by the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) to incentivise gynaecologists and obstetricians to perform natural births instead of caesareans (C-sections) has been rolled out. The pilot comes ahead ...

Did you know that, according to the World Health Organisation, cancer treatment in Europe costs more than $200 billion a year, $895 billion globally? Why is that? Diagnostic instruments and treatments, the ...

Critical care nurses (CCN) are a crucial–if not critical – part of any emergency care structure; they look after patients in the ICU alongside doctors and specialists, as well as ...

The state health services organisation (Okypy) has announced an outbreak of respiratory infections, including respiratory syncytial virus(RSV) , which primarily affects young children and the elderly. “Cases of RSV are ...

In an effort to alleviate congestion and reduce waiting times in public hospitals, Gesy will begin offering beds to patients in private hospitals. Starting Monday, private hospitals within Gesy will ...

The state health organisation said it would be looking into Friday’s reports regarding the embezzlement of more than €30 million for neurolysis treatments and would take action “if deemed necessary”. ...

A new health scandal surfaced on Friday regarding the embezzlement of more than €30 million for neurolysis over a period of two years, with treatments allegedly skyrocketing from 100 per year before ...

Okypy spokesman Charalambos Charilaou on Thursday called on the public to be patient as waiting times at state hospital A&E departments began to skyrocket. This is due to ...

Despite progress in healthcare since the advent of Gesy in 2019, a number of gaps remain, particularly in terms of preventative medicine and long-term care, a new report shows. The 170-page ...

Individuals with vitamin D deficiency will be able to obtain supplements through Gesy from pharmacies, the Health Insurance Organisation (Hio) announced on Wednesday. To date, the supplement has been available ...

Cabinet on Wednesday approved a bill regulating the staffing and infrastructure of biomedical laboratories. Speaking after the cabinet session, Health Minister Michalis Damianos said the bill is “particularly important” as ...

The new haemodialysis unit at the Paphos general hospital is suffering from a “major shortage” of nursing staff, unit director Lakis Yioukkas said on Wednesday. He said a total of 17 ...

Polis Chrysochous mayor has requested the construction of a new modern hospital and not just a partial upgrade in a letter to President Nikos Christodoulides. “The municipality disagrees with the ...

Health authorities on Tuesday assured that the risk to Cyprus regarding monkeypox (Mpox) remains low, following the report of the first monkeypox case of the year over the weekend. The ...

The government is “committed” to strengthening Cyprus’ public health system, Health Minister Michael Damianos said on Monday. Damianos was speaking at a formal signing ceremony of a new memorandum of ...

The Commission for the Protection of Competition (CPC) had no legal impetus to block the purchase of a medical facility by a US investor, the agency said on Wednesday. Commission ...

The cumulative results of decades of work and advances in medicine are reflected in the increased survival of thalassaemia patients, Health Minister Michalis Damianos said on Tuesday. “Cyprus has perhaps ...

The new mental health centre in Athalassa, Nicosia, was inaugurated on Monday, with President Nikos Christodoulides speaking of a long-overdue project. The existing psychiatric hospital in Athalassa dates to 1964. Now ...

The first National Conference on Autism was held on Saturday by the deputy ministry of social welfare during which 53 actions included in the National Strategy for Autism and the Action ...

Cyprus is among the European countries with the highest consumption of antibiotics and the highest rates of antimicrobial resistance, which caused approximately 700 deaths on the island in 2019 alone. Across the ...

Consultations on financial incentives for public doctors are to be rediscussed at the health ministry on Thursday. Doctors’ unions Pasyki and Pasydy are to meet once more with Health Minister ...

Polis Chrysochous mayor Yiotis Papachristofi on Wednesday called for a new hospital to be built in his town. In a letter to Health Minister Michael Damianos, he said that his ...

A proposal for a voluntary EU cooperation mechanism ensuring availability and access to innovative drugs was put forward by Health Minister Michalis Damianos at Tuesday’s EU health council in ...

Trade union Pasydy on Monday expressed their fury at the omission of a previously touted second phase of construction of a new psychiatric hospital at Athalassa from government plans to ...