#healthcare

The Christodoulides government is making health care and services for vulnerable groups a top priority, Health Minister Michael Damianos said Friday as he inaugurated a new children’s waiting area ...

A radiologist is facing a negligence lawsuit from the family of a 63-year-old woman who died of pancreatic cancer, after allegedly failing to detect early signs of the disease despite ...

Government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Thursday that fast-track clinics have proven to be an effective solution to long-standing problems in the public health system. He said their establishment was ...

Cyprus has been facing a nursing shortage for some time, but nothing was done by the authorities apart from mounting a campaign encouraging young people to study nursing. The campaign ...

In a brightly lit treatment room at a private hospital in Istanbul, doctor Erdal Dilekci makes dozens of small, quick incisions on a patient’s back as part of a ...

The new accident and emergency (A&E) department at Larnaca general hospital is expected to open to patients between September 5 and 10, Health Minister Michael Damianos said on Friday. He ...

Cypriots can expect to live on average 65 years in good health, according to the latest 2023 figures from Eurostat, a full two years longer than EU average of 63.1 years. The term “...

Dr Pantinos Mavrogenis, member of the Gynaecological Society of Cyprus, has openly criticised the health insurance organisation (HIO) over its proposed system of financial penalties for doctors performing high rates ...

MPs on Thursday handed the state health services organisation (Okypy) another lifeline, making the organisation eligible for direct state funding up until the end of 2026. Under the law voted through ...

Staff at the Bank of Cyprus Oncology Centre staged a one-hour work stoppage on Friday, from 10am to 11am, demanding the reinstatement of a dismissed colleague. Trade unions Sek and ...

The Aids Solidarity Movement on Thursday announced the launch of Cyprus’ first support centre for PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis), a medication that significantly reduces the risk of HIV infection. “The Cyprus ...

In its six years of operation, Cyprus’ national health system, Gesy, has registered over a million beneficiaries and logged more than 21 million visits to general practitioners and roughly the same ...

The government on Wednesday pledged that it would cover the state health services organisation (Okypy)’s financial deficits until the end of next year, with the deficits expected to reach ...

In classrooms, parks, offices and even around the family dinner table, the signs are becoming harder to ignore. As an educator, a scientist of human physical health, and a father, ...

Planned expansion and upgrade works at the neonatal intensive care unit of Makarios hospital have been pushed back by about six months, enraged MPs heard on Thursday. Lawmakers were also ...

The House health committee on Thursday called for an emergency session to examine obstacles in the approval process for oncology drugs, formally registering the issue on its agenda. The move ...

Cyprus must invest in a healthcare system that can respond in real time to emerging challenges, Health Minister Michael Damianos said on Thursday, at the Cyprus diaspora forum. Speaking at ...

The cross-border digital health services are in the final stage of implementation, Constantinos Pattichis, president of the National e-Health Authority, confirmed on Friday. The first phase will include two key ...

A bill which will make paramedics a legally protected profession will be submitted to a parliamentary plenary session for a vote by the end of May, the House health committee ...

The state health services organisation (Okypy) has marked today as a milestone as major upgrade works commence at Archbishop Makarios III hospital, in Nicosia. The project aims to enhance healthcare ...

The House on Thursday passed a law allowing only doctors enrolled with the general health system (Gesy) to issue prescriptions for medicines covered by the system. The law – a government ...

Six per cent of staff in state hospitals are on long-term leave due to sickness, pregnancy and parental leave, the nursing staff branch of trade union Pasydy said on Thursday. ...

Works to upgrade and extend the emergency department at the Nicosia general hospital will begin on Monday, the state health services organisation (Okypy) said. In a statement on Friday, Okypy ...

An MP on Thursday demanded the resignation of the board of directors of the state health services organisation (Okypy), deeming them responsible for the organisation’s spiraling deficits and waste. ...