Coronavirus: Average age of cases in Cyprus 44.5, for patients 62
By June 30, a total of 998 Covid-19 cases and 26 deaths were reported in Cyprus, with a case fatality rate of 2.6 per cent,...
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Patients’ group calls for overhaul of forensic medicine department
The Thalassemia Federation urged the government Friday to overhaul the forensic medicine department after it emerged that state pathologists refused to carry out post-mortems because...
Coronavirus: Outpatient departments open at hospitals (update 3)
The gradual reopening of outpatient clinics in public hospitals is expected to be completed in one or two days, spokesman of state health services organisation...
Coronavirus: Hospital facilities for Covid-19 patients stepped up
Facilities to cope with coronavirus patients were under extension at hospitals around the island on Saturday, with workers and staff at Nicosia general hospital seen...
Coronavirus: Okypy taking measures to ensure staff safety, operation of hospitals
State health services organisation Okypy is taking measures to ensure the operation of public hospitals and protect staff from exposure to the coronavirus in this...
Coronavirus: Two hospitalised patients due to be sent home
Two patients hospitalised with the coronavirus last week are expected to be discharged, the Cyprus News Agency said Monday. The agency said the pair, who...
Health services to be upgraded in mountain regions
Two more specialists will be added to medical staff at Kyperounta hospital in the next few days, as part of the national strategy for the...
A&E nurses strike over safety fears
Nurses working at state hospitals’ A&E departments on Wednesday went on a two-hour work stoppage after one of their colleagues in Limassol ended up with...
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...
Former US President Carter out of hospital after fall
Former US president Jimmy Carter is out of the hospital where he was treated after fracturing his pelvis in a recent fall. The Carter Centre...
Christofias’ health condition improves
Former President Demetris Christofias, who has been seriously ill, has improved and can get out of bed, his GP, Michalis Minas, said on Tuesday. In...
New serious flu case recorded, ten people still in ICU
A new serious influenza A case was confirmed on Friday, bringing the number of patients who are in intensive care units to ten, Head of...
Patients are customers and should be shown respect
Standing in the queue at the local cottage hospital I was sixth in line, there are two booths, and in the good old days there...
Akel leader in hospital
The general secretary of main opposition Akel, Andros Kyprianou, was rushed to hospital on Sunday afternoon after complaining of feeling unwell while in parliament to...
Larnaca hospital upgrade delayed again
The construction of the new wing of Larnaca general hospital has been delayed again, MPs heard during a meeting of the House transport committee on...
Police launch probe into hospital death
Paphos police have launched an investigation into the death of a 24-year-old man who died in hospital from gastrointestinal problems. The case was reported to...
The way things are
By Colette Ni Reamonn Ioannidou ‘WHAT are you in for?’ The man sitting to my right asked as though we had found ourselves in prison...
Police arrest brothers after A&E trouble
Police have arrested two brothers after they assaulted officers at Limassol general hospital’s A&E department on Thursday afternoon. The pair, 24 and 26, went to...
More intensive care doctors weigh in on problems at Nicosia hospital
The reason doctors are leaving Nicosia General Hospital’s intensive care unit (ICU) is not the salary, incentives, workload, political views or trade-union issues, but their...
Man arrested for A&E attack (updated)
Police arrested a man on Thursday morning on suspicion of attacking two doctors at Larnaca general hospital the previous evening. According to police, the 27-year-old...
