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The health ministry on Thursday signed a joint declaration of intent with the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) regional office for Europe for the establishment of an office in Larnaca. “...

Personal doctors (GPs) and patients have hit out against the trimming of the number of referrals to specialists within the healthcare system, following changes made earlier this year to crackdown ...

By Gina Agapiou Can helping women get pregnant benefit the local economy? Fertility problems affect one in six couples according to studies. Many of those travel abroad for fertility treatment, ...

As of November 1, doctors who have a private practice within hospitals contracted with the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) but who themselves are not registered with the national health system will ...

The age limit for the administration of the booster, or 4th dose of the Covid vaccine is being reduced from Monday, the health ministry announced. The ministry said that from ...

After his wife was summarily dismissed by a Paphos physician, one man faced the arduous task of trying to have his complaint dealt with by the medical community Robert Henderson ...

Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela discussed expanding cooperation on liver disorders by signing an MoU between Nicosia General and Royal Free Hospital in London during his visit to the UK. In ...

Nursing staff at Makarios hospital’s Neonatal intensive care unit on Thursday demonstrated outside parliament over severe staffing shortages. The nurses, members of Pasyno union, complained while a debate was ...

Vaccinations with the updated, Omicron-specific dose will be available as of Tuesday, medical services director Elisavet Constantinou said. Speaking to CyBC radio, Constantinou said that the adapted vaccines will be ...

A probe expected to wrap up by year’s end should give a clearer picture as to how many individuals are practicing medicine without the requisite qualifications, having taken advantage ...

Cyprus and Israel are strengthening their cooperation in the fields of health and medicine with the signing in Tel Aviv on Wednesday of a plan based on existing agreements. The ...

The health services are preparing to start offering the fourth coronavirus vaccine dose, deputy director of nursing services Evagoras Tambouris said on Friday as the Pfizer vaccine has already arrived ...

The state health services organisation (Okypy) on Thursday announced the creation of a special webpage dedicated to the accident and emergency departments of its hospitals. According to information, the aim ...

Cyprus is set to become the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) hub on the fringes of Europe, the Middle East and Asia by the end of 2022. Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela ...

Cyprus has a very low number of organ donors in relation to other EU countries, Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela said on Thursday during a visit to the Transplant Clinic at ...

The lifting on the mandatory use of face mask and the resetting of spaces to their full capacity are expected to be advanced by health minister Michalis Hadjipantela during his ...

An 18-year-old man without a travel history has tested positive for monkeypox, the fifth case seen in Cyprus so far, the health ministry said on Friday. The patient is being ...

Speaking at a press conference last Friday, Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela declined to lift the mandate requiring masks to be worn in all indoor spaces. “The experts are clear that ...

Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela has travelled to Helsinki for discussions on the pandemic, bilateral cooperation and issues related to e-health. An announcement said the visit was within the framework of ...

Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela on Sunday defended expenditure by his ministry after a public spat with the health insurance organisation (HIO) from whom it is claiming back €120 million for using ...

The finance ministry on Friday waded into a spat between the health insurance organisation (HIO) and the health ministry, accusing the Gesy operator of taking the health system to the ...

The first case of monkeypox was detected in Cyprus on Tuesday, according to a statement released by the health ministry. The person infected is a 40-year-old man, who tested positive ...

Cyprus is one of 14 EU member states to sign up to a joint procurement contract with Spanish pharmaceutical firm Hipra for its protein vaccine against Covid-19. The agreement was signed ...

President Nicos Anastasiades is considering “all options” amid an escalating row over cabinet’s decision to appoint the head of the Cyprus medical association to the HIO board, government spokesman ...