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Nurses protest staff shortages and ‘bullying culture’ at Limassol hospital (Updated)

Annette ChrysostomouAugust 26, 2019August 26, 2019

By Annette ChrysostomouAugust 26, 2019August 26, 201901181

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....

Health

Medical association to meet Anastasiades, denies it’s behind ongoing rebellion

Evie AndreouJanuary 4, 2019January 4, 2019

By Evie AndreouJanuary 4, 2019January 4, 2019040

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...

Cyprus

Man assaults ambulance crew called in to his rescue

Evie AndreouAugust 16, 2018

By Evie AndreouAugust 16, 2018027

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...

Opinion

Taxpayers and patients the losers from nurses’ pay deal

Stelios OrphanidesMarch 3, 2017March 7, 2017

By Stelios OrphanidesMarch 3, 2017March 7, 2017021

By Stelios Orphanides A year ago, members of Pasyno, the union representing nurses at government hospitals, held a 15-day strike, to force the government upgrade...

Cyprus

Nurses to get higher entry-level wages, unions’ in-fighting (Update)

Evie AndreouMarch 3, 2017March 3, 2017

By Evie AndreouMarch 3, 2017March 3, 20177 211

HEALTH Minister Giorgos Pamborides announced on Friday that the government has granted state nurses their long-standing demand for higher entry-level wages to match their university...

Cyprus

Doctors, nurses complain of secrecy in NHS bills

Elias HazouOctober 10, 2016November 16, 2016

By Elias HazouOctober 10, 2016November 16, 2016122

Government doctors and nurses complained on Monday that they were being kept in the dark about two draft bills relating to the adoption of a...

Opinion

Our View: Fuss over union chief’s arrest unjustified

CM: Our ViewSeptember 28, 2016November 3, 2016

By CM: Our ViewSeptember 28, 2016November 3, 20166 52

Are union bosses above the law? This was the impression created after police arrested and charged the general secretary of nursing union Pasyno, Panayiotis Georgiou,...

Cyprus

Nurses give government two weeks to step up security

Evie AndreouSeptember 27, 2016November 16, 2016

By Evie AndreouSeptember 27, 2016November 16, 20165 38

Nurses’ union Pasyno has given the government two weeks to find solutions to protect hospital personnel after a drunken man attacked staff and patients and...

Cyprus

Doctors and nurses call for staffing issues to be resolved before autonomy

Evie AndreouSeptember 26, 2016November 16, 2016

By Evie AndreouSeptember 26, 2016November 16, 2016023

Labour issues in the public health sector should be resolved before hospital autonomy comes into play, state doctors’ and nurse’s unions, Pasyki and Pasyno said on...

Cyprus

PASYNO backs nurses over on call stoppage

Evie AndreouJune 7, 2016November 16, 2016

By Evie AndreouJune 7, 2016November 16, 20165 27

Nurses union PASYNO announced on Tuesday it backs the refusal of nurses at Paralimni and Paphos hospitals at the Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy units to be...

Cyprus

Nurses say pay docking for strike included those who stayed at work

Elias HazouApril 27, 2016November 16, 2016

By Elias HazouApril 27, 2016November 16, 20163 25

Less than a month after calling off a highly disruptive strike, nurses union PASYNO are warning of possible new industrial action. The March salaries of...

Cyprus

Nurses vote to return to work (Update)

Andria KadesApril 1, 2016November 16, 2016

By Andria KadesApril 1, 2016November 16, 201616 31

WITH a majority vote, public sector nurses union PASYNO on Friday decided to rescind all strike measures and return to work the same evening. After...

Cyprus

Preliminary deal to end nurse strike (updated)

George PsyllidesMarch 31, 2016November 16, 2016

By George PsyllidesMarch 31, 2016November 16, 201612 31

The government and public sector nurses on Thursday struck a preliminary deal to start a dialogue in a bid to resolve their differences and end...

Cyprus

President throws down gauntlet to striking nurses (Updated)

George PsyllidesMarch 30, 2016November 16, 2016

By George PsyllidesMarch 30, 2016November 16, 201626 18

In a show of determination, President Nicos Anastasiades on Wednesday announced the outsourcing of nursing services in a bid to tackle the problems created by...

Cyprus

Nursing strike to remain in place for now

George PsyllidesMarch 28, 2016November 16, 2016

By George PsyllidesMarch 28, 2016November 16, 201613 24

Striking nurses and the state managed to find some common ground on Monday but strike measures will remain in place for the time being pending...

Cyprus

Nurses to up strike measures on Monday

FORMER STAFFMarch 27, 2016November 16, 2016

By FORMER STAFFMarch 27, 2016November 16, 201621 14

PASYNO nurses union has unanimously decided to recommend escalating measures leading up to a general meeting due to be held on Monday afternoon in Nicosia,...

Cyprus

Nurses protest outside parliament (updated)

George PsyllidesMarch 22, 2016November 16, 2016

By George PsyllidesMarch 22, 2016November 16, 201621 43

As hundreds of striking nurses protested outside parliament and the presidential palace on Tuesday, demanding recognition of their qualifications, a meeting of union PASYNO’s leadership...

Cyprus

Strike forces ministry to open up private health sector to cut waiting lists (Update 5)

Andria KadesMarch 21, 2016November 16, 2016

By Andria KadesMarch 21, 2016November 16, 201621 37

All patients on waiting lists for surgeries at state hospitals on or after March 15 will undergo the procedures in the private sector, following a...

Cyprus

If strike drags on, nurses may be ordered back to work

Evie AndreouMarch 18, 2016November 16, 2016

By Evie AndreouMarch 18, 2016November 16, 201621 43

By Evie Andreou FIVE days into the indefinite strike of the PASYNO nurses’ union, government sources did not rule ordering strikers back to work out...

Cyprus

Police action threatened for nurses who refuse to join skeleton staff (Updated)

Evie AndreouMarch 17, 2016November 16, 2016

By Evie AndreouMarch 17, 2016November 16, 201631 29

All those nurses refusing to cooperate when asked to work as part of a skeleton staff will be referred to the police, Health minister George...