#National health scheme (GESY)

The health ministry on Thursday decided the cancellation of all scheduled non-urgent surgeries, and also commandeered bed capacity in private healthcare facilities – measures taken in anticipation of a potential surge ...

Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantelas on Friday inaugurated a new diabetes centre at Larnaca hospital, which “will offer holistic care for all diabetes-related issues, providing patients with the best possible care”. ...

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 ...

The Edek party has released information that it says raises serious questions about former health minister Giorgos Pamboridis, particularly how his personal financial interests influence his opinions on the national ...

Patients’ rights are still not fully realised – as enshrined in the European Charter of Patients’ Rights – despite Gesy having been up and running for two years, according to discussions held ...

Government, parties, unions and professionals on Friday attacked a proposal by socialist Edek leader Marinos Sizopoulos that they said would fundamentally change the philosophy of the health system Gesy and ...

Ruling party Disy on Tuesday sought to dispel the notion that it is looking to meddle with the setup of the General Healthcare System (Gesy), saying it only wants to ...

Auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides has turned up the heat on the Health Insurance Organisation, reporting the entity to the attorney-general for its alleged failure to provide information he requested. In a ...

There will be no change to the way Gesy operates, nor will public hospitals be privatised, the government said on Monday after a meeting at the presidential palace on the ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Tuesday said he was determined to resolve the all the problems currently being faced in the operation of public hospitals. The Presidential Palace on Tuesday was ...

The health services organisation (Okypy)’s proposal to allocate 20 per cent of revenues stemming from potential state hospital’s afternoon operations to state doctors is now being evaluated by doctors’ ...

Since its operation in December 2018, the national health system (Gesy) help centre has responded to 727,807 queries and complaints, its director said Tuesday. Opening several months before the first phase of ...

The health insurance organisation (HIO) receives at least 15 calls a day from people complaining about Gesy doctors or service providers, its director said on Monday. On a monthly basis, 500 of ...

Understaffed accident and emergency departments are struggling to cope, with one patient having to wait for 49 hours in Nicosia General Hospital’s casualty ward before he was examined and treated, ...

A Limassol-based gynaecologist was remanded for two days on Wednesday after one of her patients reported that the doctor had lied to her about carrying out a hysterectomy and then ...

Referrals issued by personal doctors for specialists will only be good for two visits from October 6, the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) said on Monday. Until now, general health scheme (Gesy) ...

The budget of the national health scheme (Gesy) remained within initial estimates, counting €794.7m for the period of January to August despite the pandemic, an HIO official said on Saturday. ...

The audit office on Thursday disputed claims by the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO), which runs national health scheme Gesy, that said it does not allow health professionals not registered to ...

Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantelas said Monday he will be meeting with the leadership of the state health services organisation (Okypy) by the end of the week to discuss the implementation ...

A total of 620 requests for appointments with 700 doctors were arranged online by the end of July, according to the State Health Services Organisation (Okypy). It said there has been a ...

Gesy general practitioners (GPs) will as of Saturday offer phone support to Covid-19 patients during the weekends to make sure the necessary help is offered to everyone, the health insurance ...

People who are not registered in the national health scheme (Gesy) will be able to get vaccinated for free against Covid-19 at the walk-in vaccination centres starting Friday August 6, the ...

Payments with credit cards will soon be accepted at the 38 health centres under the state health services organisation (Okypy), it was announced on Monday. It is part of the long-term ...

The state health services organisation (Okypy) has officially launched its new revamped website on Thursday designed to facilitate the procedure of booking medical appointments online. The website – which can be ...