healthcare
Auditor general Odysseas Michaelides on Thursday once again sounded the alarm over deficits of the state health services organisation (Okypy), prompting House watchdog committee president...
Meet Grace, the healthcare robot Covid-19 created
The Hong Kong team behind celebrity humanoid robot Sophia is launching a new prototype, Grace, targeted at the healthcare market and designed to interact with...
Coronavirus: Half of state healthcare workers unvaccinated, three who refused jab test positive
Three frontline health professionals who opted not to receive a vaccine have tested positive for coronavirus, as around 50 per cent of state hospital staff...
Over 43,000 received Gesy inpatient care in six months
Over 43,000 beneficiaries of the national health scheme (Gesy) have received inpatient care since its launch, the health insurance organisation (HIO) told the health minister...
Even more health providers expected to join Gesy by end of December
More health care providers from different specialties will register in the national health scheme (Gesy) by the end of December, the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO)...
€300,000 neonatal ambulance for premature babies to serve the whole island
The government on Friday received a €300,000 neonatal ambulance for the transportation of premature infants to Makarios hospital in Nicosia and Limassol general hospital. The...
Concern among MPs of ‘creeping’ two-tier Gesy
Opposition MPs on Thursday cautioned against what they said appear to be attempts to covertly introduce a multi-payer system into the national health scheme (Gesy)....
Coronavirus: Economic lessons Cyprus should learn
This is the time to resolve and refocus rather than patch up the economy By Erol Riza There is an opportunity in adversity in every...
Coronavirus: over 3,000 healthcare workers tested, 902 negative so far
Out of 3,125 Covid-19 tests done on healthcare professionals to date, the 902 that have come back have been negative, the state health services organisation...
Private and public facilities essential to healthcare says minister
Health Minister Costantinos Ioannou on Tuesday stressed the importance of collaboration between private and public healthcare during his address at the opening of the new...