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...
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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...
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...
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?”...
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...
‘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...
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,...
Coronavirus: Hospital numbers improving
Admissions at the Famagusta referral hospital for Covid patients has dropped to 36 per cent of bed capacity, Amalia Hadjiyianni, the facility’s scientific director said...
Coronavirus: Health minister says hospital situation manageable
The health minister met with top officials to set out a plan for ICU capacity while a second high dependency unit has been in operation...
Coronavirus: Concern grows over high ICU numbers and expected September rise in cases
The chairman of the Cyprus Respiratory Society expressed concern Tuesday over the high number of Covid patients in intensive care (ICU) and the possibility of...
