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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 ...

Quality healthcare remains a top priority of the administration, Health Minister Michael Damianos assured at the inauguration of the new “Mother and Child” department at Paphos general hospital on Monday. ...

A new therapy centre for multiple sclerosis patients, specialising in the treatment of children and young adults up to 22 years old, was inaugurated in Larnaca on Thursday, the Cyprus Red ...

A new blood centre in Yeri was inaugurated by Health Minister Michael Damianos on Thursday, aiming to strengthen the country’s blood supply and improve the management of blood products. ...

Health Minister Michael Damianos delivered a speech on the occasion of World Multiple Sclerosis Day on Friday, emphasising the state’s duty to support patients in remaining active citizens. According ...

There is “no suspicion of disciplinary misconduct” regarding any public servant over the flooding of a drug storage warehouse last year, a report into the matter found. The report, which ...

Health Minister Michael Damianos on Thursday said he is considering ways to involve the private sector in accident and emergency units in Cyprus. Speaking to the House health committee, he ...

After three years of deliberations, state health services Okypy and trade unions signed the first collective agreement regulating the labour rights of staff hired with personal contracts. Trade unions hailed ...

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 ...

Health Minister Michalis Damianos was discharged from the hospital on Wednesday and is expected to return to his duties later this week following his brief hospitalisation. Damianos had been admitted ...

Health Minister Michalis Damianou has pledged to have the legislation setting up university clinics ready before the end of the year but is steeling himself for a tough battle with ...

Healthcare was at the forefront of discussions between Health Minister Michael Damianos and Greek Deputy Health Minister Marios Themistocleous during the latter’s official visit to Cyprus on Friday. Damianos ...

Regulations for breastfeeding need to be established by parliament soon, the House health committee urged on Thursday, following complaints that women were having their pay docked for taking breaks to ...

Health Minister Michael Damianos on Monday expressed support for International Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Awareness Day, highlighting the importance of vaccinations and screenings in preventing HPV-related diseases and cancers. Damianos also ...

Health Minister Michael Damianos visited the Polis Chrysochous hospital on Friday morning, accompanied by the health ministry’s permanent secretary, Christina Yiannaki, to discuss the possible construction of a new ...

New Health Minister Michalis Damianos acquainted himself with the problems and challenges face by the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO), during a meeting with the organisation’s board of directors on ...

Health Minister Popi Kanari announced on Friday that a natural childbirth strategy will soon be discussed in the cabinet. During her opening remarks at the Nursing and Midwifery Scientific Conference ...

Health Minister Popi Kanari and the ministry’s permanent secretary Christina Yiannaki, who are engaged in a public spat, are due to meet President Nikos Christodoulides either this evening or ...

Health Minister Popι Kanari assured on Sunday that measures to decongest A&E departments in government hospitals will be effective in bringing in the desired results. In an interview ...

Cyprus is in favour of the creation of a single market for medicines, Health Minister Popi Kanari said on Tuesday during the second day of the Employment, Social Policy, Health ...

If the national health scheme (Gesy) fails, the whole state will collapse with it, Health Minister Popi Kanari said on Saturday. She said that the she believes a quantitative and ...

Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela will attend the European Union health council aiming to define a unified strategy on health issues, it was announced on Thursday. The Cypriot minister is travelling ...

The Cyprus medical association demanded clarifications on Monday after Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela said the withdrawn proposal to appoint their president to the board of the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) ...

Polis Chrysochous residents have postponed a gathering planned for Saturday to protest against the downgrading of their local hospital. Mayor of Polis Chrysochous, Yiotis Papachristofi, has repeatedly made the case ...