#hospital

A man may regain the use of his hand, left paralysed by a severe road accident, thanks to a pioneering nerve transfer operation from his partly amputated leg, doctors in ...

A man was allegedly locked in a hospital cupboard in Nicosia by a nurse this week for seven hours, reports said on Thursday, with the state health services organisation (Okypy) ...

A school student has been hospitalised with a fractured shoulder blade after the latest incident of violence at a high school, in Nicosia, it emerged on Monday. According to reports, ...

The American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association (Ahepa) announced on Monday plans to open a new university hospital in Nicosia. Once completed, the hospital will fall under the umbrella of Gesy. ...

A pilot scheme for the treatment of liquid hospital waste has been completed at the Larnaca hospital, removing huge amounts of pharmaceutical and pathogenic substances before they reach central sewerage ...

Construction of the new Morphou hospital will be completed in 2024, according to the north’s ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel. Ustel visited Morphou on Monday and said “we will put out ...

Four ambulances were destroyed by a fire which broke out at the old Larnaca hospital in the early hours of Saturday morning. According to the State Health Services (Okypy)’s ...

A 16-year-old has been hospitalised with a fractured skull after she fell out of the boot of a car which was being driven by a 16-year-old friend. Police said on ...

The foreign ministry on Wednesday strongly condemned the Israeli attack on a hospital in Gaza that resulted in the “tragic loss of civilian life”. In a post on X, formerly ...

Limassol General has been downgraded to a category 2 hospital, the health insurance organisation (HIO) announced on Friday, an issue which in previous days drew the ire of the state health ...

The creation of an adult hepatology clinic was top of the agenda of the parliamentary health committee on Thursday. A paediatric liver centre already exists, and thus the committee also ...

Doctors “were not consulted” about the planned extension of afternoon outpatient clinic hours, the doctors and clinical directors branch of civil servants union Pasydy said on Wednesday. Health minister Popi ...

A total of 246 people visited Nicosia’s accident and emergency department in the space of just 24 hours on August 13, a sharp increase on usual figures, it emerged on Thursday. According ...

Private hospitals are threatening to close shop and walk out of Gesy, as disputes with the health insurance organisation (HIO) have reached new heights, it emerged on Friday. Mediterranean Hospital, ...

With Cyprus hospitals full to bursting, questions have been asked after the situation seemed to peak with a man who had suffered a stroke reportedly left waiting at Paphos hospital’...

The state health services organisation (Okypy) have said that a further three people were admitted to the Limassol general hospital with heatstroke on Monday, bringing the total number of cases ...

A 62-year-old man with burns on over 80 per cent of his body was being treated at the Nicosia general hospital on Saturday. Fire services spokesman Andreas Kettis said two fire ...

Increases in applications from private companies wishing to become part of the national health scheme (Gesy) are being seen as positive so far, but authorities say that capacity planning will ...

The director of the prosthetics and orthopaedics department from Shriners Hospital travelled to Cyprus over the last four days to provide specialised care, an announcement from the George and Thelma ...

A 56-year-old foreign national reported to the police that he had to be hospitalised after being beaten by his landlord and two others who entered the house while he was ...

Authorities are trying to find staff for A&E departments at the state hospitals around the island, the health ministry and the state health services (Okypy) said on Tuesday. ...

Two people were taken to hospital after their car skidded and overturned on the Nicosia-Limassol highway on Sunday, police said. The accident happened around 3pm on the section of highway ...

The federation of patients’ associations (Osak) on Tuesday censured those who regard healthcare as a purely financial exercise, where care is measured in euros and cents. “Patients are neither expenses ...

Training programmes by a group of Canadian officials began on Tuesday at Makarios and Nicosia general hospitals to upgrade nursing and administrative processes. Nineteen members of the group Accreditation Canada ...