Contracts signed for first phase of new Athalassa hospital
A €12m contract for the first phase of a new psychiatric health hospital in Nicosia was signed on Thursday, with the move hailed by ministers as a major step towards ...
Willingness to compromise on ‘draconian’ new health law, MPs told
Following pressure from opposition lawmakers, the government has agreed to amend certain provisions of the ‘Dangerous Infectious Diseases Law of 2021’, which will repeal and replace the current Quarantine Law under ...
Free therapy sessions for adults abused as children
Adults with experiences of sexual abuse or exploitation in childhood can now receive free therapy sessions, the Cyprus Family Planning Association (CFPA) announced.
CFPA has started providing free psychological support ...
How your GP should never let you down
The four pillars of medical ethics should hold firm under a national health service
According to the Modern Hippocratic Oath there is art to medicine. It is the gift of ...
State doctors concerned over suspension of non-urgent surgeries
State doctors’ union Pasyki on Tuesday expressed concern for the future of public hospitals citing the recent decision to postpone non-urgent surgeries.
Saying the union was not informed regarding the ...
New mobile X-ray machines for public hospitals
Public hospitals are now equipped with state-of-the-art mobile radiography machines that offer flexibility in examining patients who cannot be taken to the radiology department, the state health services organisation (Okypy) ...
Radiologists to refuse scans outside normal working hours
Radiographers operating CT scanners in state hospitals will stop working overtime hours and responding to calls for scans outside normal working hours, they said on Monday.
The newly adopted system ...
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 is turning one year on ...
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 Presidential Palace on Tuesday was ...
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 patients and staff in danger.
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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, the award-giving body said on Monday.
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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 vaccine and recommended ...
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 Tuesday.
It was said that ...
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 to handle the outbreak of ...
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 met.
Members of state doctors’ union ...
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 report showed on Wednesday.
In 2019, 22 per ...
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’ union Pasyki and doctors, members ...
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 Eurostat showed on Friday.
The EU average ...
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 HIO official said on Saturday.
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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, amid a row that erupted ...
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) to comply with an agreement ...
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 lives to overdose and recognise ...
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 (Okypy).
It said there has been a ...
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 next five years, Health Minister Constantinos ...