Concerns rise over improper disposal of medical waste
Safe and sustainable disposal of medical waste is causing concern among environmental observers, fuelled by the apparent refusal of some health professionals to comply with...
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Aging population of doctors expected to lead to shortage in next five years
Cyprus will face a shortage of doctors and nurses in five years, a capacity planning study from the health ministry showed, as most registered doctors...
State medics call for safety after further attack
State doctors, nurses and midwives on Tuesday called on hospitals operator Okypy to implement protocols and security measures to protect healthcare workers from attacks by...
Our View: GPs need to stand firm for wait lists to get shorter
Health Minister Popi Kanari, concerned about the long waiting times for appointments with specialist doctors, met bosses of the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) to discuss...
‘Doctors scared to write prescriptions in north, patients now paying the price’
Turkish Cypriot doctors said on Thursday they are now “scared to write prescriptions” as arrests continue in the ongoing fake prescription scandal. The scandal has...
Fake prescription scandal investigations in north to be completed within 10 days
Police investigations into the north’s fake prescription scandal will be completed within 10 days, ‘labour minister’ Sadik Gardiyanoglu said on Thursday. Speaking in a television...
Doctors slam ‘lack of coordination’ after Limassol hospital downgrade
State doctors’ union (Pasyki) lamented the absence of comprehensive planning and coordination between the competent authorities after the Limassol general hospital was downgraded on Friday....
Huge failings in disabled access to doctors
Hundreds of doctors’ offices in Cyprus have no disability access in their offices, despite an obligation to do so dating back to 2011, the House...
Seven more arrested in north over forged medical prescriptions
Turkish Cypriot police have arrested seven more people in connection with a n investigation to the forgery of medical prescriptions, reports from the north said...
Doctors say ‘not consulted’ on longer working hours
Doctors “were not consulted” about the planned extension of afternoon outpatient clinic hours, the doctors and clinical directors branch of civil servants union Pasydy said...
