A&E doctors strike over staff shortages (updated)
Members of state doctors union Pasyki staged a 24-hour strike at A&E departments island-wide on Tuesday over acute understaffing issues which they say put patients...
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A&E doctors to go ahead with strike (updated)
State doctors’ union Pasyki will go ahead with a scheduled 24-hour strike in hospital accident and emergency departments (A&Es) on Tuesday, it announced on Monday....
A&E doctors to decide on strike action on Monday
State doctors’ union Pasyki said it would decide on Monday whether to proceed with Tuesday’s planned 24-hour strike at accident and emergency departments (A&Es) over...
Health minister trying to find solution to A&E staff shortages
IN A two-hour meeting on Thursday, Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou, along with the state health services (Okypy) and A&E department directors discussed solutions to the...
Ioannou warns against fear and panic over flu
Fear and panic over misinformation about the outbreak of influenza is clogging public hospitals, limiting their ability to respond to actual cases of flu, and...
Paphos A&E strike ends after ministry staffing pledge
Doctors at Paphos hospital’s accident and emergency department have postponed their strike for 15 days to give time to the health ministry to follow up on assurances...
Paphos A&E rolling strike continues
Doctors at Paphos hospital’s accident and emergency department continued their rolling strike on Friday and vowed to do so until understaffing problems are resolved. The...
Increased traffic at Nicosia hospital A&E, as summer-related ailments spike
The Nicosia general hospital A&E has seen a spike in the number of visits in the past three days of people suffering from cold, urinary...
Health ministry defends A&E staffing plans
The health ministry said on Tuesday that staffing issues at the accident and emergency departments (A&E) of state hospitals are improving, even though only seven...
Minister orders disciplinary inquiry into A&E doctor who mocked elderly patient
Health Minister Giorgos Pamboridis ordered a disciplinary inquiry against an A&E doctor at Nicosia general hospital who is heard on video being rude to an...
Flu season takes hold late in Cyprus, numbers on the up this week
Around 65 people per day are visiting the accident and emergency department at the Nicosia general hospital with viral infections, and the number is set...
Peyia teen died from asphyxiation (Updated)
The death of the 18-year-old girl who died suddenly in Peyia on Tuesday evening was due to asphyxiation, state pathologist Eleni Antoniou said after carrying...
Police arrest brothers after A&E trouble
Police have arrested two brothers after they assaulted officers at Limassol general hospital’s A&E department on Thursday afternoon. The pair, 24 and 26, went to...
Man arrested for A&E attack (updated)
Police arrested a man on Thursday morning on suspicion of attacking two doctors at Larnaca general hospital the previous evening. According to police, the 27-year-old...
Pamboridis in new clash with doctors over failed A&E fast-track service
Health Minister Giorgos Pamboridis said on Tuesday that the newly launched ‘fast-track practice’ at the Nicosia hospital’s emergency department aiming at better serving patients was...
My agonising eight-hour wait in casualty
By Louise Fowler The two-hour work stoppage by nurses at Nicosia general hospital two weeks ago was prompted by an increase in aggression towards them,...
Nurses on two-hour strike over new attack at A&E (Updated)
Pasyno nurses’ union announced on Monday that its members would go on a two-hour work stoppage on Wednesday to protest over yet another attack...
Spike in gastro and flu cases
The Nicosia general hospital’s accident and emergency department has seen the number of patients rise since Christmas due to increased cases of gastroenteritis and flu,...
Nurses give government two weeks to step up security
Nurses’ union Pasyno has given the government two weeks to find solutions to protect hospital personnel after a drunken man attacked staff and patients and...
A&E nurses call two-hour strike over lack of beds and personnel
Emergency room nurses have announced a two-hour strike for Friday morning to protest the lack of personnel and beds in state hospitals. Skeleton staff will...