#ambulance service

Ambulance services responded to 422 emergency calls during Christmas break, with 172 of these in the Nicosia district, the head of the ambulance service Riana Constantinou said on Saturday. She said that ...

Cabinet on Wednesday approved a bill which foresees the creation of a national ambulance agency. The move was announced by Health Minister Neophytos Charalambides, who said that it “aims to ...

A lit candle in front of religious icons caused a fire in a house in Larnaca on Sunday and three people were treated for inhaling smoke and a minor burn. ...

Five people were freed from their vehicles by the fire department following separate traffic collisions in Nicosia and Limassol.According to fire department spokesman Andreas Kettis, the Nicosia fire station ...

Ambulance services should be left to those who know the daily difficulties in real cases and not imaginary numbers, the association of private ambulances said on Monday and called for ...

A Limassol couple was taken to the hospital after suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning at home. They were reportedly found unconscious in serious condition and were immediately transferred to Paphos ...

Paramedics belonging to trade union Isotita will refuse to work overtime between February 17 and February 23, in protest at what they describe as the “continuous understaffing” of the ambulance service. The ...

Ambulance paramedics in Cyprus on Friday voiced their frustration over long delays in enacting legislation to recognise and safeguard their profession formally. According to newspaper Politis, exasperated by what they ...

Mountainous villages in the Paphos region have called for a fully staffed ambulance station, operational around the clock, to be set up in Statos Ayios Photiou, as well as an ...

A man is in a critical condition after being run over by a lorry while walking on the old road linking Limassol and Nicosia near the village of Moni, the ...

Steps were taken on Thursday towards the creation of a new ambulance service, with Health Minister Michael Damianos attending the House health committee to put forward his position on the ...

Emergency ambulance transfer is a non-profit public service which is performing excellently, Okypy (state health services organisation) spokesperson Charalambos Charilaou said on Wednesday. Charilaou was weighing in on statements by ...

A 33-year-old man is currently under observation at the Baris psychiatric hospital in northern Nicosia after having stolen an ambulance and driven it 25 kilometres. The man reportedly fell ill in ...

Concerns are continuing to grow over the state of operations of ambulance services in Cyprus, with the federation of Cyprus patients’ associations (Osak) becoming increasingly restless over what they perceive ...

Limassol medical centre director Andreas Pantazis on Wednesday called for private ambulances to be included in Gesy. In an explosive letter written to Health Minister Michael Damianos, he said the ...

An ambulance crashed into two cars in northern Nicosia on Thursday afternoon. The ambulance was driving with its lights flashing and its sirens blaring when it entered the opposite lane ...

The village of Louroujina currently has no ambulance service coverage, the north’s former ‘health minister’ Filiz Besim said on Wednesday. Besim said that due to the closure of the ...

The State Health Services (Okypy) has acquired two new state-of-the-art ambulance vehicles to enhance the response capabilities in the mountain regions. According to a statement released by Okypy on Monday, ...

Israel struck an ambulance in Gaza City on Friday that it said was carrying militants, but which health authorities in the Hamas-controlled enclave said was evacuating wounded people from the ...

Four ambulances were destroyed by a fire which broke out at the old Larnaca hospital in the early hours of Saturday morning. According to the State Health Services (Okypy)’s ...

A female shopper’s quick action saved the life of a 46-year-old father who suffered a heart attack at the Engomi mall in Nicosia. Speaking on CyBC’s morning programme, ...

The finance ministry finds itself “in disagreement” with the health ministry regarding the future of the ambulance service, after the latter suggested its operations should be moved under its own ...

Health Minister Popi Kanari on Wednesday attacked the finance ministry for insisting the ambulance service remain under the authority of the state health services organisation Okypy instead of her ministry. ...

Cyprus’ emergency services held a mass casualty management exercise on Monday, with the aim of ensuring their readiness for possible future emergencies. The exercise, named Ippocratis 2023, was designed and organised ...