Athalassa escapee recaptured
Police late on Monday said they arrested a 41-year-old man who had escaped from Athalassa psychiatric hospital in Nicosia early in December. The man was...
athalassa psychiatric hospital
Upgraded facilities for mentally ill promised
State health services organisation Okypy on Monday said it would create a guest house for mental health patients who have nowhere to go after being...
Coronavirus: Athalassa psychiatric hospital struggles with outbreak
Health professionals at the already overcrowded Athalassa psychiatric hospital are pulling overtime as they strive to process increased daily admissions plus the five patients and...
Blame game over helicopter’s Athalassa hospital damage
Officials on Thursday pointed fingers at each other after a helicopter allegedly damaged a newly renovated ward of the Athalassa psychiatric hospital in Nicosia. On...
Coronavirus: Psychiatric hospital staff call for immediate vaccinations
Nurses at the Athalassa psychiatric hospital on Thursday condemned the health ministry for not including them in the first round of vaccinations. In a written...
Patient runs away from psychiatric hospital
Police are looking for the whereabouts of a 31-year-old resident who ran away from the Athalassa psychiatric hospital early on Monday afternoon. According to police,...
Coronavirus: Psychiatric patient released from cage after uproar
A patient at Athalassa psychiatric hospital who had to self-isolate in a room that was little more than a cage for days after testing positive...
Improvements to psychiatric hospital to begin immediately, minister says
The first phase of the new Athalassa psychiatric hospital is expected to be completed in 28 months, Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos announced on Tuesday after...
Plans for new psychiatric hospital to be submitted in the coming days
The ministry of health on Thursday responded to allegations made by state nurses’ union Pasyno regarding the ‘third-world working conditions’ at the Athalassa psychiatric hospital....
Protest over working conditions at psychiatric hospital
State nurses’ union Pasyno on Wednesday said it was considering strike measures to protest state inaction over the ‘third-world working conditions’ of colleagues at the...
