Conditions at Athalassa ‘at breaking point’
Conditions for patients and staff alike at the Athalassa psychiatric hospital are at breaking point, which could lead to a disaster, a nurses union warned...
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Understaffing at neonatal care units might have dangerous consequences, Pasyno warns
The neonatal intensive care unit at Makarios children’s hospital is at serious risk of overcrowding because of staff shortages, nurses’ union Pasyno warned on Saturday....
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...
A health service at war with itself
The past week saw state health services organisation (Okypy) trading barbs with unions representing government doctors and nurses, the latter accusing the former of haphazardly...
Our View: Even in a pandemic, public sector clings to privileges
The behaviour of some public sector unions during the pandemic has been a disgrace. Instead of helping the government deal with the emergency situation, they...
Pasyno makes urgent call for more nurses
State nurses’ union Pasyno on Monday said they would take measures unless their employer, the state health services organisation (Okypy) hires the number of staff...
Unions call for action after ambulance nurse injured
The nurses branch of public service union Pasydy, and the nurses union Pasyno are calling on the government to implement all necessary measures to ensure...
Nurses set to strike next Wednesday due to delay in new hirings
Nurses in public hospitals island wide are set to strike on Wednesday over understaffing while doctors on Friday demanded further clarifications before they accept a...
Nurses forge agreement with Okypy, withdraw threat to strike
The state health services organisation (Okypy) will hire about 100 health professionals this month to cover staff shortages, it emerged on Friday, while more recruitments...
Coronavirus: state nurses union pleads with public to stay home
State nurses’ union Pasyno on Friday in its Easter message urged people to strictly follow measures against the spread of coronavirus to help them overcome...
Coronavirus: Ioannou urges calm as doctors spar with Okypy over pay cut warning
Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou said Tuesday a hospital official had crossed the line when he threatened staff with pay cuts if they did not follow...
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...
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....
Nurses to strike Wednesday over bullying, staff shortages
Public nurses will go on strike on Wednesday from noon to 2pm at all general hospitals to protest incidents of violence against health professionals and...
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....
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...
Taxpayers and patients the losers from nurses’ pay deal
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...
Nurses to get higher entry-level wages, unions’ in-fighting (Update)
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...
Doctors, nurses complain of secrecy in NHS bills
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...
