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The mass hysteria sparked by President Anastasiades’ decision to appoint the president of the Cyprus Medical Association (CMA), Dr Petros Agathangelou, to the board of the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO), ...

Dr Petros Agathangelou, the president of the Cyprus Medical Association (CMA) on Monday dismissed as ‘mudslinging’ the heavy criticism of his appointment to the board of the Health Insurance Organisation, (...

The president of the of the Cyprus (Private) Doctors Association (Enic), Dr Marinos Sotiriou backed the appointment of Dr Petros Agathangelou to the board of the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO), ...

After facing heavy criticism over the last few days for his appointment to the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) board, head of the Cyprus Medical Association Dr Petros Agathangelou on Saturday ...

Painkillers, vitamins and other pharmaceutical products needed by a lot of patients should be covered under the national health scheme (Gesy), the Union of Cypriot Pensioners (Ekysy) said on Friday. ...

Amid mounting criticism over the appointment of Dr. Petros Agathangelou to the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) board, President Nicos Anastasiades on Friday defended the decision, countering that it was thanks ...

Issues relating to software changes were partly to blame for the delayed amendment of the procedures for better access to innovative treatments and medicines under the national health scheme Gesy, ...

AS if on cue and in line with predictions for anyone with eyes to see, the state health services organisation (Okypy) on Thursday admitted that the June 2024 target for public ...

The lax financial management of public health bodies came under scrutiny on Thursday, as highlighted in a report by the auditor-general on the administrative and financial autonomy of the state ...

A law proposal regulating the use of an app is to be prepared by October for patients to communicate directly with their doctors and have immediate access to medical help ...

Weekend clinics across the island should start operating on July 9, once any outstanding issues raised during recent meetings are resolved, the health ministry said on Thursday. The announcement came after ...

Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela on Thursday said a new meeting on the much-debated operations of weekend clinics is set to take place next Wednesday, after representatives of the health insurance ...

State doctors on Wednesday suspended their scheduled three-hour strike over the weekend operation of clinics after the health insurance organisation (HIO) agreed to put off the implementation of the extended ...

Gesy on-duty clinics will begin operating from next weekend, operator Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) said. Speaking on national radio, deputy HIO director Athos Tsinontides said that talks with state health ...

Doctors that have been convicted in the court still appear to be able to provide health services, including under the national health scheme (Gesy) due to lack of strict checks ...

The House health committee on Thursday piled pressure on the health insurance organisation (HIO) to address patients’ concerns over pharmaceuticals offered through the general health scheme (Gesy). At the focus ...

Changes in the way GPs are paid prompted a new row between personal doctors and the health insurance organisation on Wednesday as the new form of payment was implemented. Abuses ...

The number of people that have used the health service Gesy are indicative of its success, Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela said on Wednesday to mark three years since the introduction ...

It was about time the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO), which runs the national health scheme Gesy, tried to address the weaknesses of the scheme that incur higher costs and also ...

A 36-year-old Limassol gynaecologist is expected to appear before the district’s court on accusations that she lied about carrying out a hysterectomy on a 73-year-old patient, and seeking to ...

Three years on from the introduction of the national health scheme Gesy, the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO), which runs it, is introducing performance criteria for personal doctors as it seeks ...

Three years after its introduction, the national health scheme Gesy has dispelled the clouds of doubt that surrounded its launch, former health minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Sunday. “Now Gesy ...

As from June 1, personal doctors and pediatricians working under the general health system (Gesy) will no longer be paid exclusively per number of patients, the acting head of the Health ...

A national strategy that focuses on reducing down on the number of people affected by heart attacks and strokes, two of the main causes of death in Cyprus, is expected ...