Coronavirus: Paphos nurses concerned over tests (Update)
Nurses at Paphos hospital on Tuesday expressed concern over the fact that not all of them were tested for coronavirus after their colleagues and one...
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Plans for new psychiatric hospital to be submitted in the coming days
The ministry of health on Thursday responded to allegations made by state nurses’ union Pasyno regarding the ‘third-world working conditions’ at the Athalassa psychiatric hospital....
More private clinics showing interest in Gesy, state nurses concerned over ‘chaos’ at public hospitals
SO far, 41 of the 75 registered private hospitals have expressed interest in joining Gesy, it was announced on Friday while at the same time...
A&E nurses strike over safety fears
Nurses working at state hospitals’ A&E departments on Wednesday went on a two-hour work stoppage after one of their colleagues in Limassol ended up with...
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...
Limassol nurse forced to leave post after being ‘bullied by A&E visitors’
State nurses on Friday condemned bullying of a triage nurse by visitors to Limassol hospital’s accident and emergency department irked by delays in being examined...
Nurses protest staff shortages and ‘bullying culture’ at Limassol hospital (Updated)
Understaffing is causing bullying and abuse at Limassol hospital, Pasyno, the union of the public nurses, alleged during a half-hour work stoppage on Monday morning....
Allegations made of sexual harassment at Nicosia general
Female workers at the Nicosia general hospital have threatened to deal in their own way with a colleague who they say is constantly making advances...
Nurses say time is running out to draw up Gesy contracts
The Organisation of State Health Services (Okypy) is lagging behind with the autonomisation of hospitals and other tasks necessary for implementing the National Health Scheme...
Medical association to meet Anastasiades, denies it’s behind ongoing rebellion
PRESIDENT Nicos Anastasiades is to meet with the medical association (CyMA) next week as private rheumatologists and intensivists, following six other medical specialities, said on...
Man assaults ambulance crew called in to his rescue
Police on Thursday were investigating a case where the ambulance crew called in to assist a 42 year old man who had fainted after having...
Health ministry defends A&E staffing plans
The health ministry said on Tuesday that staffing issues at the accident and emergency departments (A&E) of state hospitals are improving, even though only seven...
Education minister called to apologise for ‘offensive’ comments
By Evie Andreou EDUCATION Minister, Costas Hambiaouris, found himself in the dog house on Saturday after both teachers and nurses lashed out on him for...
Nurses seek restoration of shift allowance
State nurses asked on Monday that their slashed shift allowances are fully restored after the cabinet decision last week to give €500 as a monthly allowance to doctors working...
Healthcare workers strike over security concerns (Updated)
The state will exhibit a zero-tolerance policy against people who attack medical staff, Health Minister Giorgos Pamborides said on Wednesday, as state nurses and...
State doctors to join nurse A&E strike (updated)
State doctors said they will join nurses in a two-hour strike on Wednesday, staged after an attack against two nurses at the Nicosia general hospital...
Nurses on two-hour strike over new attack at A&E (Updated)
Pasyno nurses’ union announced on Monday that its members would go on a two-hour work stoppage on Wednesday to protest over yet another attack...
Nurses threaten strike over chronic understaffing
State nurses’ unions threatened to strike on Monday unless the health ministry approves their demand for hiring staff to help cover more than 160 vacant...
Star signs drive C-section birth ‘explosion’
IMMATURE and demanding women are at least in part to blame for the abnormally high rate of caesarean-section births in Cyprus, because they want...
Pharmacists latest civil servant group to demand higher pay
After nurses and apparently now doctors too have been assured a pay rise, pharmacists and pharmacy technicians on Tuesday said they too are seeking a...
