Hospital nurses want more money to work afternoons
Plans to keep state hospitals open in the afternoons suffered a setback after nursing unions turned down the state health services (Okypy) pay offer. Nurses’...
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Nurses unions back ICU strike, warn of further measures (updated)
Hospitals are not understaffed, operator Okypy said on Monday after nurses unions backed their colleagues at Nicosia general hospital’s ICU for making an urgent call...
Coronavirus: Health minister seeking to increase jab coverage among nurses
Unvaccinated nurses will have the opportunity to attend seminars aimed at putting their minds at ease as regards any concerns they may have on getting...
Psychiatric patients left behind by Gesy, say protest doctors
Psychiatric patients have been left behind by the national health scheme (Gesy), state doctors union (Pasyki) said on Wednesday as they went ahead with a...
Nurses criticised for 12-hour strike, jabs rescheduled (update 4)
Nurses who are members of Pasyno trade union, started a 12-hour strike on Monday morning in protest over disciplinary action being taken against five of...
Nurses’ union calls strike amid rift with ministry over disciplinary action
The health ministry said on Thursday it will press ahead with a disciplinary investigation of a number of mental health professionals despite threatened strike action...
Tributes pour in to mark International Nurses Day (Updated)
Health officials on Wednesday paid tribute to nurses in honour of International Nurses Day, with President Nicos Anastasiades and Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou extending thanks...
Coronavirus: Highest number of hospital patients
There are currently 225 coronavirus patients being treated at state hospitals, the highest number since the start of the pandemic more than a year ago,...
Nurses withdraw strike threat (Updated)
State health service (Okypy) officials held a meeting with representatives of the state nurses’ union Pasyno on Thursday do dissuade them from staging a two-day...
Nurses at Athalassa hospital stage two-hour strike over overcrowding
Nurses at Athalassa mental hospital were due to start an impromptu two-hour work stoppage on Friday demanding quality health care for patients and better staff...
