Makarios hospital to have its own children’s A&E, neurology clinic
President Nicos Anastasiades on Thursday morning announced that €23.5 million from the government’s Recovery and Resilience Plan would be given to boost the Makarios hospital...
A&E
Apollonion A&E closed until Saturday after Covid case detected
Apollonion private hospital on Wednesday announced that its accident and emergency department suspended its operations for disinfection after a coronavirus case was detected. The hospital...
Changes at A&E will not affect beneficiaries, Okypy says
The inclusion of public hospitals’ accident and emergency (A&E) departments in Gesy changes nothing for beneficiaries, as they will continue to receive the same services...
A&Es at public hospitals will be included in Gesy from September 1
The Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) announced on Monday that as of September 1 the services of accident and emergency (A&E) departments at public hospitals are...
Coronavirus: hike in A&E visits by pensioners fearing AC use during heatwave
The management of Paphos general hospital called on vulnerable groups to use air conditioning in an appropriate manner according to instructions after a number of...
Coronavirus: Ministry warns those violating procedures will not be seen at A&E
The health ministry urged the public on Tuesday to follow the correct procedures if they experience suspicious symptoms, warning that people who didn’t and visit...
Teddy bears donated for child patients
Teddy bears were distributed on Friday to the ambulance service and hospital A&Es by road-safety NGO Reaction and the Bank of Cyprus (BoC) as a...
Drunken man arrested after causing chaos in Paphos A&E, assaulting doctor
A 48-year-old man was arrested late on Saturday after allegedly assaulting a doctor at Paphos A&E while drunk, police said on Sunday. They said an...
A&E nurses strike over safety fears
Nurses working at state hospitals’ A&E departments on Wednesday went on a two-hour work stoppage after one of their colleagues in Limassol ended up with...
Paphos hospital criticised for ongoing works at A&E
The embattled Paphos general hospital was on Tuesday criticised over “appalling working conditions for staff” and “pandemonium” as renovation works led to nurses sweeping the...
Bullying, toxic work environment causes chaos at Paphos A&E
By Nick Theodoulou Doctors at Paphos A&E department have warned that as of Monday there will not be enough of them to cover night shifts...
Limassol nurse forced to leave post after being ‘bullied by A&E visitors’
State nurses on Friday condemned bullying of a triage nurse by visitors to Limassol hospital’s accident and emergency department irked by delays in being examined...
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...
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...