State hospitals to open afternoons from September
Doctors’ unions and the state health services organisation Okypy on Monday morning signed an agreement about the afternoon operation of state hospitals, which is set to begin on September 1.
The ...
Okypy says planned A&E work stoppage undermines its work (Update)
The state health services organisation (Okypy) on Monday said that the planned work stoppage at state hospital A&E departments is at the detriment of the public and undermines ...
Former TC leader Eroglu admitted to hospital
Former Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu has been admitted to a private hospital in the north with high blood pressure and heart issues, it was reported on Sunday.
Turkish Cypriot ...
Public hospitals likely to miss target date for financial autonomy
The state health services organisation (Okypy) on Thursday suggested that the June 2024 target for public hospitals to attain financial autonomy may have to be pushed back, but critics countered that ...
Coronavirus: Face masks to be reintroduced in pharmacies after uptick cases, hospitalisations
The face mask mandate may be reintroduced in pharmacies following the health advisors’ recommendation on Monday, amid an uptick in Covid cases.
At the request of Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela, ...
Search for remains of nurses killed in Tylliria in 1964
The Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) is carrying out exhumations at the Paphos cemetery as part of efforts to identify the remains of people who perished in the Tylliria area ...
Public health needs to shape up, report by auditor-general finds
The lax financial management of public health bodies came under scrutiny on Thursday, as highlighted in a report by the auditor-general on the administrative and financial autonomy of the state ...
President visits labour minister in Athens hospital
President Nicos Anastasiades visited Labour Minister Zeta Emilianidou on Thursday at the Ygeia hospital in Athens as she remains in an induced coma after she suffered a brain aneurism last ...
Housing for families of hospitalised children on the way
Ronald McDonald House Charities wants to provide accommodation so that kids’ support systems are close
Cyprus’ first Ronald McDonald House will be ready to host family members of children treated ...
Changes made for treatment of asylum seekers at hospitals
The health ministry on Tuesday announced it has made some changes for asylum seekers wanting treatment at state hospitals.
In a written announcement, the ministry said the changes went into ...
Another person swindled in fake medical emergency scam
Police are advising the public to be aware of swindlers who, pretending to be doctors, contact people and demand money in exchange for services.
In a statement, the police said ...
Coronavirus: Hospitalisation risk for unjabbed 4 to 30 times higher, ministry says
Unvaccinated individuals run the risk of hospitalisation for Covid-19 that is four to 30 times higher than for the vaccinated, the health ministry said on Thursday.
The data released runs up ...
Coronavirus: Unless further setbacks, Covid will be treated like the flu, adviser says (updated)
Annual vaccinations against Covid-19 are on the cards for the elderly, vulnerable and immunosuppressed as part of a return to normality, epidemiologist Michalis Voniatis said on Tuesday.
Speaking a day ...
Second victim scammed in fake hospital scenario
A 75-year-old woman was duped into giving €7,000 to a man who claimed a relative of hers needed urgent surgery, the second victim of such a scam in the past few ...
Paphos police warn of new scam involving fake hospital scenario
Paphos police are warning of a new scam after a 73-year-old woman reported that she had given €10,000 to a man who had telephoned claiming to be a hospital director so ...
Sick boy has op postponed in Athens due to viral pneumonia
The operation on a three-year-old boy who was transferred to Athens with serious heart disease was postponed because he was diagnosed with viral pneumonia, the health ministry has told the ...
Coronavirus: No Omicron cases hospitalised so far, minister says
No cases of the Covid Omicron variant found so far in Cyprus have needed hospitalisation, Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantelas said on Sunday during a visit to the Famagusta reference hospital.
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Audit accuses HIO of violating law and philosophy of Gesy
Auditor general Odysseas Michaelides on Thursday accused the health insurance organisation (HIO) of violating the law and philosophy of Gesy, charges quickly denied by the HIO which insisted that it ...
Polis stages protest over lack of police and medical facilities
Polis Chrysochous municipality staged a demonstration on Saturday to protest the understaffing of the local police station and hospital following the death of a man earlier this week.
The 77-year-old ...
Is Gesy still mighty messy?
By Brian Lait
Back in September 2019 when Gesy was in its infancy, I wrote an article entitled “Will messy Gesy clean up its act?”
Apart from lengthily commenting on the ...
Coronavirus: Virus plus seasonal infections filling up public hospitals
Increased pressure on public hospitals due to a continuous flow of patients with seasonal infections, Covid-19 and other cases is leading to 100 per cent occupancy rate in state hospitals, the ...
President briefed on problems in state hospitals (Update 2)
President Nicos Anastasiades on Monday was updated on the action plan of state health services organisation Okypy regarding the issues of staffing of state hospitals, the extension of operating hours ...
‘Health service going downhill’
Patients say they are suffering like never before
Patients are suffering the consequences of tensions between state health professionals and the organisation in charge of public hospitals which is itself ...
Afternoon hours for state hospitals on table for talks next week
State health services organisation (Okypy) on Friday said they would meet the state doctors’ unions next week to discuss the afternoon operation of state hospitals, amid a row that erupted ...