The final collective labour agreement for public hospital employees will be formulated at the end of January to put an end to an ongoing spat between unions and state health ...
The State Health Services (Okypy) is set to outline its responses after six unions rejected its latest financial proposal for collective agreements covering hospital workers.
A document containing them is ...
A specialised breast imaging examination chair for people with disabilities has been installed at Nicosia General Hospital’s radiology department, the state health services organisation (Okypy) on Tuesday.
The chair ...
State doctors, nurses and midwives on Tuesday called on hospitals operator Okypy to implement protocols and security measures to protect healthcare workers from attacks by patients, especially those in the ...
The health insurance organisation (HIO) has requested more time to discuss with medical specialist companies to determine whether the referral a patient receives is urgent or not, Health Minister Popi ...
The goal is to find common ground between both sides to reach an agreement on collective labour agreements for employees at the hospitals, Health Minister Popi Kanari said on Tuesday.
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Some 10 days ago, we had written that the most foolish decision taken by the Anastasiades government on Gesy was to allow public hospital workers to keep the public servant status ...
Public hospitals are the “backbone” of the national health care system (Gesy) but they must become competitive, the health minister said on Friday.
Speaking on CyBC radio, Health Minister Popi ...
By Andria Kades and Iole Damaskinos
Healthcare workers in public hospitals went on a nationwide strike on Wednesday, leaving skeleton staff to handle caseloads amid demands for equal pay.
Health ...
A doctors and nurses strike at all state hospitals will go ahead on Wednesday after an eleventh-hour meeting between the state health services organisation (Okypy) and trade union representatives failed ...
State doctors’ union (Pasyki) lamented the absence of comprehensive planning and coordination between the competent authorities after the Limassol general hospital was downgraded on Friday.
The hospital was downgraded to “...
Limassol General has been downgraded to a category 2 hospital, the health insurance organisation (HIO) announced on Friday, an issue which in previous days drew the ire of the state health ...
Hospitals are ready to receive and care for patients or injured persons from Israel, the spokesman for the state health services (Okypy), Charalambos Charilaou, said on Wednesday.
“In the event ...
The finance ministry finds itself “in disagreement” with the health ministry regarding the future of the ambulance service, after the latter suggested its operations should be moved under its own ...
During her visit to the hospital on Fiday, Health Minister Popi Kanari highlighted the ongoing efforts to expedite procedures aimed at upgrading the Paphos general.
Speaking to reporters, Kanari said ...
The state health services organisation (Okypy) has received 16 international quality assurance certificates, and says it is in the process of obtaining 14 more, it announced on Tuesday.
Among those obtained are ...
Health Minister Popi Kanari on Wednesday attacked the finance ministry for insisting the ambulance service remain under the authority of the state health services organisation Okypy instead of her ministry.
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With Cyprus hospitals full to bursting, questions have been asked after the situation seemed to peak with a man who had suffered a stroke reportedly left waiting at Paphos hospital’...
A stroke patient who waited for about seven hours on a stretcher at the Paphos accidents and emergency department “is receiving full medical care” state health services organisation (Okypy) said ...
Larnaca municipality on Thursday called on the state health services organisation (Okypy) to stick to its schedule regarding moving services from the old Larnaca hospital to the new wings of ...
State health services organisation (Okypy) on Tuesday defended the handling of a cancer patient who allegedly had to wait over three hours at the Paphos hospital’s accidents and emergency ...
Doctors on Thursday morning started their planned 24-hour work stoppage over uncertainty in medical malpractice suit insurance while the state health organisation called for an immediate end to the “pointless” ...
Allegations a 26-year-old woman was ignored when she may have been a victim of crime after fearing her drink was spiked, caused uproar on Wednesday with the matter set to ...
No action can be taken on the patient privacy violation complaint filed by state health services organisation (Okypy) over the photo of the patient left unclothed at Limassol general hospital, ...