Hospital doctor drain set to get worse
Warnings have already been issued about the problems caused by hospital doctors leaving to set up as GPs under Gesy but the problems currently affecting
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Our View: Healthcare that is good enough for the masses really should be good enough for politicians too
We hope former President Demetris Christofias makes a speedy recovery. He has been offered the best possible care by the state medical services while on
Expats’ healthcare cover in Cyprus to continue temporarily in a no-deal Brexit
Cyprus and Britain have agreed that British nationals on the island would continue to access the same healthcare cover they currently enjoy for several months
Where will new health scheme leave your healthcare?
By Nadia Sawyer Mention Gesy (the National Health Scheme) to anyone currently working in the private health sector or health insurance sector and they run
Working for the benefit of doctors and patients
By Annette Chysostomou The Pancyprian association of private hospitals was created in 2004, working to help both doctors and patients and currently represents 77 per
Healthcare put to use to promote tourism to the island
By Nadia Sawyer Medical tourism to the island is being used as a way of expanding the tourist season, an idea that was first floated
Private clinics: more to them than meets the eye
By Annette Chrysostomou A growing service sector over recent years, the private hospital/clinic sector has also been expanding in districts with smaller populations largely thanks
Money back guarantee on IVF treatments
Genesis Centre for Fertility & Human Pre-Implantation Genetics is a dedicated fertility institution that has provided human reproduction treatments for over 25 years. It is
Why private doctors have so little faith in Gesy
People and businesses will start making monthly contributions to the national health scheme (Gesy) fund from March next year with the aim that the first
Using science to help people have a child
Scientific technology develops extremely fast and by following the flow of new techniques and applications that pop up in the IVF field daily up to
Minimally invasive therapies without surgery
Interventional Radiology is a clinical sub-specialty of radiology that focuses on diagnosis and treatment of a large number of conditions by using minimally invasive techniques.
Break the cycle of long-term pain
Interview with Dr Periklis Zavrides How is the concept of pain defined? Does it involve subjective or objective elements? Or both? Today, the concept of
Health minister’s bigger budget fails to impress
By Elias Hazou Lawmakers on Monday were singularly unimpressed with health minister Constantinos Ioannou’s boast that the ministry’s budget for 2019 was the largest in
Health scheme on track, minister says
By Evie Andreou Health Minister, Constantinos Ioannou, on Thursday dismissed as nonsense, claims that state hospitals have collapsed but admitting that problems do exist but
‘Chaotic healthcare policy is a mess’
By Elias Hazou THE state’s healthcare policy was on Thursday branded “chaotic” and “a mess,” by lawmakers, prompting an angry response from the health minister.
Cyprus ranks 26th globally in access to and quality of health services
By Annette Chrysostomou Cyprus is ranked 26th in the world in terms of access to health services and quality of health services, according to the
Elderly villagers left without medical care
Pensioners in Xylophagou have been left without a doctor because the physician who visits the local clinic every week has been sick for the past
Half of world’s people can’t get basic health services – WHO
At least half the world’s population is unable to access essential health services and many others are forced into extreme poverty by having to pay
Free state healthcare for university students (Updated)
The cabinet on Wednesday approved a proposal by which all university students in Cyprus will receive free healthcare at state hospitals, Education Minister Costas
Health minister slams healthcare critics
Problems in the public healthcare sector should not be exaggerated and exploited for political purposes every time that elections are near, health minister Giorgos Pamboridis