Simultaneous Covid and flu vaccinations to begin from October
Covid-19 and flu jabs will be administered simultaneously from October 2 across existing vaccination centres, the health ministry announced on Friday. It said those who...
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State hospital employees threaten strike over Over labours, pay disputes (Updated)
State hospital workers are set to go on strike in October after unions and the state health services organisation (Okypy) failed to reach an agreement...
Working hours at afternoon outpatient clinics to be extended
Afternoon outpatient clinics operated by the state health services (Okypy) will have their working hours and days extended, according to health minister Popi Kanari. Kanari...
Draft bill proposes ‘Right to be Forgotten’ for cancer survivors
A draft bill has been presented on Monday allowing for the ‘right to be forgotten’ to be applied to cancer survivors, who are attempting to...
Only 37 per cent of eligible women utilise free Pap tests
Despite being provided with a free cervical cancer screening, better known as a Pap test, once every two years under the national health scheme, Gesy,...
Transfer of patients abroad to come under Gesy umbrella (update)
The government is evaluating a proposal to bring the process of sending patients abroad for treatment under the umbrella of Gesy. According to health ministry...
Nicosia general sees over 240 A&E patients in a single day
A total of 246 people visited Nicosia’s accident and emergency department in the space of just 24 hours on August 13, a sharp increase on...
Gesy is really, really messy
Finance minister has described Gesy as a ‘black hole’ of funds. He’s right By Brian Lait Gesy, the long awaited and much discussed Cyprus health...
Just how risky is aspartame?
The WHO warning on the popular sweetener has released a media storm The World Health Organisation’s catergorising of aspartame as a “possible carcinogen” has caused a...
Acumen’s Alzheimer’s drug passes initial safety test
An experimental Alzheimer’s disease drug developed by Acumen Pharmaceuticals ABOS.O targeting a novel form of the toxic protein beta amyloid in the brain passed an early safety...
