#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 ...

There has been “a notable surge” in coronavirus cases in Cyprus over the past week, hospitals operator Okypy spokesperson Charalambos Charilaou said on Thursday. Speaking to state broadcaster CyBC, he ...

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 ...

The goal is to find common ground between both sides to reach an agreement on collective labour agreements for employees at the hospitals, Health Minister Popi Kanari said on Tuesday. ...

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 ...

The labour ministry is ready for mediation proceedings if needed, minister Yiannis Panayiotou said on Thursday, while President Nikos Christodoulides is also ready to step into the fray, following Cyprus-wide ...

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 ...

Arguably the most foolish decision taken by the Anastasiades government when working out the practicalities of Gesy was to allow the employees of the state hospitals to preserve their public ...

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 ...

September will see a range of changes in the national health care system (Gesy) with the health insurance organisation (HIO) ready to implement several decisions drawn up in recent months, ...

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 ...

A report on Saturday raised fears over the private health sector in Cyprus transforming into a monopoly held by foreign interests, after it emerged US company CVC Capital is allegedly ...

Private hospitals asserted on Thursday that they cannot – and will not – renew their contract with the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) on what they say is a take-it-or-leave-it basis, warning that ...

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 ...