#healthcare

People that work in the public sector may be referred to as public servants, but this is a misnomer if ever there was one. Rather than serve the public, these ...

Cyprus urgently needs to draft and implement a national strategy for its growing elderly population that will provide affordable, quality, and specialised care, local stakeholders warned, in light of complaints ...

Healthcare professionals who worked overtime during Covid and got paid extra are being rejected for refugee housing support as their income levels are now higher than the government’s financial ...

Larnaca residents are getting the short end of the stick when it comes to quality healthcare from the town’s general hospital, according to House Speaker Annita Demetriou. During a ...

The Gesy law prohibits private doctors treating Gesy patients in hospitals that are contracted to the HIO (Health Insurance Organisation). This had always been the case, even though the HIO ...

Medicine shortages have been the biggest problem for patients during the first nine months of the year, head of the patients’ association (Osak) Marios Kouloumas said on Tuesday. According to ...

Presidential candidate Andreas Mavroyiannis said supporting, strengthening and ensuring that public hospitals have real autonomy are all necessary for their correct functioning. Speaking after a visit to Paphos general hospital, ...

Those in Cyprus stocking up on iodine pills, fearful of a nuclear disaster and seeking to protect themselves, may not be aware that what they are instead being sold are ...

The outdated system in which public hospitals operate will be replaced in two years with the introduction of the €46m digital healthcare system, officials said on Monday. Cyprus patients will ...

Dr Petros Agathangelou, the president of the Cyprus Medical Association (CMA) on Monday dismissed as ‘mudslinging’ the heavy criticism of his appointment to the board of the Health Insurance Organisation, (...

After facing heavy criticism over the last few days for his appointment to the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) board, head of the Cyprus Medical Association Dr Petros Agathangelou on Saturday ...

The House human rights committee on Monday discussed the obstacles and limitations faced by women seeking an abortion in Cyprus, in light of the US Supreme Court’s recent changes ...

Ninety-eight appointments were made at on-duty clinics island-wide, during their first weekend of operation said the health ministry. On Saturday 93 calls were made to on-duty clinics island-wide, with 37 appointments for ...

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 Zacharias Koulias to warn of ...

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 the elderly and those isolated ...

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 were unvaccinated, officials said on Tuesday. ...

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 in a conference call on Monday. ...