Coronavirus: Lack of hospital beds forcing patients to wait at home (Updated)
Health authorities expressed concern on Wednesday over the increasing number of Covid admissions, which appeared to get out of hand, as people were forced to...
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Coronavirus: Non-urgent operations cancelled to clear beds for virus patients
The state health services (Okypy) is postponing all non-urgent operations in anticipation of a rise in hospital admissions as a result of the recent surge...
Coronavirus: Covid wards slowly emptying
The state health services (Okypy) on Thursday said that hospital wards previously used for Covid-19 patients were slowly emptying, allowing them to return to their...
Gesy: not perfect but far, far better than what we had before
Despite difficulties and under extremely unfavourable conditions, we managed to fundamentally reform the health sector By Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou The general health...
Coronavirus: Hospital beds freed up for non-virus patients
Hospitals have seen a significant improvement in the past few days, state health services (Okypy) spokesman Charalambos Charilaou said on Wednesday. There are currently 150...
Coronavirus: Reduction in numbers at state hospitals
There has been a reduction in the number of cases in Covid-19 state hospital wards all over Cyprus, state health services (Okypy) spokesman Charalambos Charilaou...
Coronavirus: hospital occupancy exceeds 80 per cent, revised plan being implemented
Some 208 coronavirus patients are currently in public hospitals, while another 800 are treated in state hospitals for other illnesses, with the result that more...
Coronavirus: The hospital conundrum
Most of the elderly have been vaccinated, so why are so many in hospitals? Even with Cyprus poised to reopen a bit more, the...
Coronavirus: steady rise in hospital admissions in past five days
The average age of patients at Famagusta Covid hospital is 64, with the youngest one receiving treatment at the moment being 17, its director said...
Our View: No one believes hospitals will become financially viable
Did deputies, or anyone else for that matter, need Auditor-General Odysseas Michaelides to inform them that public hospitals will not become viable by 2024, when...
A health service at war with itself
The past week saw state health services organisation (Okypy) trading barbs with unions representing government doctors and nurses, the latter accusing the former of haphazardly...
Coronavirus: imperative that measures continue, chief advisor says
Despite the drop recently in coronavirus cases, the positivity rate remains high, thus it is imperative to continue observing the measures in place, head of...
Coronavirus: Okypy rejects censure from medical staff unions
Cyprus’ health system was faring well so far despite increasing pressure because of the coronavirus pandemic, state health services organisation (Okypy) said Tuesday, rejecting criticism...
Coronavirus: Situation in hospitals ‘manageable and stable’
The situation in public hospitals where coronavirus patients are treated is stable and manageable despite some ups and downs, spokesman of state health services organisation...
Focus on hospitals as cases remain high
Healthcare officials are mulling a revised contingency plan to ensure hospitals can cope with rising admissions of Covid-19 patients so to keep providing adequate care...
Our View: Time for hospitals to operate for patients, not nurses
The way the nursing unions at public hospitals are using Covid-19 to push their demand for higher staffing levels is disgraceful, although not surprising. It...
With US hospitals overrun, surgeon general urges Americans to ‘hold on’
U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams on Tuesday pleaded with Americans to grasp “the severity of the moment” and remain vigilant against the coronavirus pandemic, as...
Coronavirus: cases set to continue numbering three digits in coming days
Cyprus will keep having three-digit numbers of cases in the upcoming days, according to Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine and Infection Prevention and Control at...
Coronavirus: health minister says hospitals at the ready for Covid patients
Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou said he was satisfied with the level of readiness in hospitals that are currently dealing with the coronavirus situation. There are...
Patients group says state doctors and hospital staff ‘doing whatever they want’
The patients’ association (Osak) on Friday described the treatment they receive from state hospital doctors ‘shameful’, a day after a house health committee heard that...