Coronavirus: hospitals now being stretched to limit, doctors say
State doctors’ union (Pasyki) president Sotiris Koumas on Monday has urgently called on people to remain home as much as they can “as the hospitals’...
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Coronavirus: health workers offered hotel stays close to hospitals
The minister of health has arranged for a number of healthcare workers who expressed interest in an alternative solution to staying at home, have been...
Coronavirus: new measures for Nicosia and Larnaca hospitals
The health services organisation (Okypy) has announced new measures for Nicosia and Larnaca general hospitals after an employee working at the cardiology unit in Nicosia...
Coronavirus: hospitals facing uphill battle to return to normal
State health services organisation Okypy on Friday announced special arrangements for state hospitals in a bid to better manage staff shortages and be able to...
Nicosia general hospital reopens outpatient clinics
Nicosia general hospital’s outpatient clinics reopened on Thursday apart from the cardiovascular departments after a 48-hour closure that followed one of its doctors testing positive...
Cancelled surgeries to be rescheduled, A&Es open
Surgeries that were cancelled due to the temporary suspension of the operations of the Nicosia and Limassol general hospitals after one cardiologist was tested positive...
Cans for Kids donates monitors to five public hospitals
Five vital signs monitors have been donated to five public hospitals by the Cans for Kids non-profit organisation. The hospitals to benefit from the donations...
Hospitals and HIO keep talking
Private hospitals and the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) held what appeared to be a productive exchange on Thursday, although both sides stressed there was still...
State doctors call €1,000-€1,500 extra per month a ‘disincentive’
Patients in state hospitals experienced delays on Friday with some waiting for hours to be examined as doctors staged a three-hour work stoppage in protest...
Nurses warn hospitals will turn into ‘poor relation’ of healthcare system (Updated)
State nurses on Friday warned that if the weakening of hospitals continues in the same way they will be unable to respond to their role...
Gesy is ‘not ideal’ but it’s going ahead, minister says
On the eve of the introduction of the first phase of Gesy on Saturday, Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou warned there would be problems as doctors...
Under Gesy, meds at hospital dispensaries only for inpatients
LAWMAKERS appeared to agree on Thursday that under the national health scheme (Gesy) hospitals will be allowed to operate in-house pharmacies, but these will be...
Ioannou warns against fear and panic over flu
Fear and panic over misinformation about the outbreak of influenza is clogging public hospitals, limiting their ability to respond to actual cases of flu, and...
Flu death toll at five but hospitals seeing fewer cases this week
A total of four elderly persons and a 20-month-old baby have died from the flu for which 39 people were hospitalised in the past three...
Hospitals overwhelmed by flu patients
People suffering from the flu are flooding public hospitals and affecting their smooth operation, the head of the state doctors’ union, Pasyki, said on Tuesday....
Anastasiades: Gesy is a one-way street
By Peter Michael and Annette Chrysostomou THE national health scheme (Gesy) is a one-way street, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Friday amid claims from the...
Gesy overseers under scrutiny over possible conflict of interest
By Elias Hazou EXECUTIVES of the organisation tasked with overseeing the administrative and financial autonomy of state hospitals – the stepping stone to the rolling...
Hospital autonomy will be a long process, minister says
By Evie Andreou Hospital autonomy, the first step toward the implementation of the National Health Scheme (Gesy) will be a long process, especially in secondary and...
Probe after three-months’ worth of clinical waste found unprocessed outside disposal unit
By Evie Andreou Authorities said on Thursday they had launched a probe into the improper storage of more than 100 tonnes – more than three...
Cabinet green-lights creation of oncology council to streamline cancer services
The cabinet on Wednesday approved the creation of a Supreme Council for Oncology tasked with introducing a multidisciplinary approach to cancer treatment that aims at...
