Pioneering medication for Asya delivered
Medication to treat a Turkish Cypriot infant suffering from a rare, life-shortening spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) arrived in the island on Thursday. Asya Polatli, who...
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President ‘determined’ to solve problems at hospitals (update 2)
President Nicos Anastasiades on Tuesday said he was determined to resolve the all the problems currently being faced in the operation of public hospitals. The...
Nurses’ union blasts ‘bad management’ at Nicosia Hospital (updated)
Nurses’ union Pasyno has called on Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantelas to intervene over what it branded “bad management” Nicosia general hospital which it claimed puts...
Americans Julius and Patapoutian win 2021 Nobel Prize in Medicine
American scientists David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian won the 2021 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for their discoveries of receptors for temperature and touch,...
Coronavirus: EU finds J&J shot possibly linked to another rare clotting condition
The European Union’s drug regulator on Friday identified a possible link between rare cases of blood clotting in deep veins with Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19...
Clinic says all medical protocols followed in boy’s op
The Apollonion private hospital has sought to address ‘fake news’ regarding the death of the six-year-old Syrian boy who died this week following surgery on...
Efforts underway to create deadly diseases unit
Efforts are underway to inaugurate a unit dedicated to combating deadly diseases as there are fears that the healthcare system is not yet prepared for...
State doctors warn of further measures (Updated)
State doctors went ahead with their planned three-hour stoppage between 8 and 11am on Wednesday, threatening to step up measures if their demands are not...
19% of people in Cyprus over 15 have high blood pressure
Almost 19 per cent of the island’s population reported they had blood pressure in 2019, three per cent lower than the EU average, a Eurostat...
State doctors on three-hour work stoppage (updated)
The scheduled three-hour work stoppage of state doctors on Wednesday morning has put on hold surgeries and other appointments, but anti-coronavirus vaccinations continue. State doctors’...
Four per cent of Cypriots say they have asthma
About four per cent of Cypriots said they were affected by asthma in 2019, below the EU average of 5.7 per cent, a report by...
Gesy budget well within estimates, HIO says
The budget of the national health scheme (Gesy) remained within initial estimates, counting €794.7m for the period of January to August despite the pandemic, an...
Afternoon hours for state hospitals on table for talks next week
State health services organisation (Okypy) on Friday said they would meet the state doctors’ unions next week to discuss the afternoon operation of state hospitals,...
State doctors mull action at public hospitals
State doctors’ union Pasyki said on Wednesday they are close to taking measures over what they say is failure by the state health services (Okypy)...
Cyprus to mark international overdose awareness day
Eleftheria Square will be symbolically lit in purple on Tuesday evening to honour International Overdose Awareness Day, to pay tribute to those who lost their...
More than 600 online requests for doctor appointments arranged online
A total of 620 requests for appointments with 700 doctors were arranged online by the end of July, according to the State Health Services Organisation...
Over €74m in EU funds to boost health system (Updated)
Over €74 million from the €1.2 billion allocated to Cyprus from the Cyprus Recovery and Resilience Plan will go to strengthening the health system over the...
Tributes pour in to mark International Nurses Day (Updated)
Health officials on Wednesday paid tribute to nurses in honour of International Nurses Day, with President Nicos Anastasiades and Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou extending thanks...
More Cypriots turning to internet for health info
Cyprus had the second highest increase in the number of people looking for health information online among EU member states in the last decade, the...
Gesy cost €780m to run last year, revenues came to €840m
Revenue from contributions to the health system Gesy amounted to €840 million in 2020, a senior official told the Cyprus News Agency on Sunday. Angelos...