Couple arrested after child shows signs of abuse (update 2)
Limassol police on Tuesday arrested a couple in connection with child abuse and neglect after a welfare officer noticed abrasions and bruises on their 19-month-old...
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Police investigating possible abuse of four-year-old girl
Police are investigating the possible abuse of four-year-old girl with special needs by her foster parents after she was taken to hospital seriously injured and...
Coronavirus: baby born to Covid-19 mother tests negative
A baby born to a mother with coronavirus on Tuesday has tested negative, the hospital said on Thursday. The baby’s health condition was excellent and...
Coronavirus: baby born to Covid-19 mother doing fine, doctor says
A baby boy born to a mother who was found positive with Covid-19 is in excellent condition and was being tested to determine whether he...
Four-year-old negative for coronavirus
A four-year-old boy who came into contact with a confirmed case of coronavirus has tested negative, the health ministry said on Thursday. The boy was...
Neonatal intensive care to get upgrade
The non-governmental organisation Thermokitida Agapis (Incubator of Love) has been given the green light to renovate the neonatal intensive care unit at Makarios Hospital in...
Spike of RSV and influenza A at Makarios children’s hospital
The pediatric clinic at Makarios Hospital in Nicosia is currently at full capacity after a spike in RSV (respiratory syncytial virus) and influenza A cases....
No sign of abuse on injured baby
A second forensic examination on Monday on a baby with a skull fracture showed no signs of abuse, the state pathologist Angeliki Papetta found. According...
Forensic examination on injured infant inconclusive, more tests to be done
A forensic examination by a state pathologist on Sunday on an infant girl hospitalised with a skull fracture on Saturday was unable to determine the...
New waiting rooms aims to lift spirits at Makarios Hospital
The Pancyprian Organization for the Promotion of Literacy (POPL) has upgraded the waiting room at Nicosia’s Makarios Hospital to create a friendlier environment for patients...
Gesy questions raised after non-registered child needs ICU care
After a three-year-old child not registered with a Gesy GP was delayed in receiving required emergency transfer to the Makarios hospital, now under the management...
Hospital fined €5,000 for loss of patient file
A fine of €5,000 was imposed on the Makarios Children’s Hospital in Nicosia for the loss of a patient’s file, according to a decision of...
Father of baby doctors thought was abused, is released without charge
The man arrested in connection with the alleged sexual abuse of his five-month-old daughter was released on Monday without being charged. The arrested man was...
Shock and outrage over baby abuse claim
THE 22-year-old father of a five-month-old baby girl was in custody on Wednesday as authorities sought to establish allegations by the baby’s mother, 25, with...
Five-year-old on respiratory support at Makarios ICU
A five-year-old child with pneumonia was placed on respiratory support on Saturday in the intensive care unit of the Makarios hospital, with type A influenza...
Urgent appeal to help Syrian boy with brain tumour
AN URGENT appeal for funds and necessities is being made by Caritas volunteers in Paphos to help an eight-year old Syrian boy and his family...
Doctors being questioned in probe into baby’s hospital death
Doctors and other people involved are being questioned by police as part of an investigation into possible medical negligence following the death on Monday of...
Parents of baby who died in hospital filing negligence case
The parents of the 20-month-old baby boy who died in Makarios Hospital earlier this week, apparently from complications from influenza, are filing medical negligence charges....
Football charity helps fund new wing at Makarios hospital
By Evie Andreou The health ministry on Thursday announced that it would construct a new wing at the Makarios children’s hospital to house the accident and...
Remand for suspect linked to 55 cases of theft from hospitals
A 41-year-old man who has been linked with 55 cases of theft amounting to a total of €1,530 from the Nicosia general and Makarios hospitals...
