Health minister visits Athalassa Hospital
Health Minister Popi Kanari was informed about the progression of works to create mental health centre on Monday, during her visit to Athalassa Psychiatric Hospital....
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Nurses call for improvements in mental health care (updated)
Mental health in Cyprus needs to be prioritised, civil servants’ union Pasydy said on Monday, calling on stakeholders to work towards finding solutions for patients...
‘Everything possible’ being done for mental-health patients
The state health services organisation (Okypy) said on Thursday it was doing “everything humanly possible” for mental health patients, less than a week after Athalassa...
Contracts signed for first phase of new Athalassa hospital
A €12m contract for the first phase of a new psychiatric health hospital in Nicosia was signed on Thursday, with the move hailed by ministers...
Conditions at Athalassa ‘at breaking point’
Conditions for patients and staff alike at the Athalassa psychiatric hospital are at breaking point, which could lead to a disaster, a nurses union warned...
Hostel to rehabilitate mental health patients to be created in Latsia
The old Latsia health centre is to be converted into a hostel to house people suffering from long term mental illness, which will also help...
Psychiatric patients left behind by Gesy, say protest doctors
Psychiatric patients have been left behind by the national health scheme (Gesy), state doctors union (Pasyki) said on Wednesday as they went ahead with a...
Doctors to stage three-hour warning strike at Athalassa Hospital
Saying the relevant bodies are “deaf” to their requests for an improvement in mental health care, a group of state doctors employed at the Athalassa...
No action against nurses, but union reprimanded
The five nurses who refused to carry out their duties at the Athalassa psychiatric hospital over a Covid case last year committed a disciplinary offence,...
Athalassa hospital changes will be ‘historic moment of progress for mental health services’
The new mental health centre planned for Athalassa psychiatric hospital will be a “historic moment of progress” for mental health services, state health services (Okypy)...
