Greek doctors show interest in hospital vacancies
Relief to the understaffing problems plaguing public hospitals after waves of doctors left to set up private practice within Gesy is expected to be offered...
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State GPs threaten to walk out over pay inequality
A group of 16 state doctors have threatened to quit their government jobs after promises of increased pay were not met, their union Pasyki said...
A&E doctors to receive more money to stop exodus to Gesy
The cabinet on Wednesday agreed to raise the monthly financial incentive to A&E doctors from €800 to €1,200, in an attempt to tackle the severe...
State health services advertise for more doctors
The state health services (Okypy) on Friday announced 35 new vacancies for doctors of various specialisations to work at state hospitals after a strike earlier...
State doctors say A&E strike still going ahead but they’ll enter dialogue in the meantime
State doctors’ union Pasyki, said on Friday its members who work in accident and emergency departments (A&Es) would go on a 24-hour strike on July...
Health minister dismisses scaremongering over resignation of state doctors
The national health scheme Gesy will go ahead as scheduled and there is no reason to worry about the resignation of state doctors, Health Minister...
Specialist doctors start registering for Gesy
The rolls were opened on Monday for specialist doctors wishing to register with the National Health Scheme (Gesy), as the launch date for the scheme...
State doctors sign revised deal for on-call payments
Health Minister, Constantinos Ioannou and state doctors’ unions Pasyki, Pasydi and Pasesi, signed on Friday a revised agreement for on-call payment. This was the final...
Report suggests higher pay for state doctors who become GPs under Gesy
By Evie Andreou STATE doctors who opt to work as GPs under the national health scheme (Gesy) could see their salaries go up by at...
State doctors mulling salary options post-Gesy
By Elias Hazou A number of state doctors are considering whether they should go into private practice once the National Health Scheme (Gesy) kicks in....
Pamboridis says Nicosia ICU should be shut down if not up to scratch
By Angelos Anastasiou If the intensive care unit at the Nicosia General Hospital is not operating according to international standards, it should be closed down...
State doctor jailed for corruption (Updated)
A state doctor was jailed for eight months for corruption on Thursday, following his arrest last year in connection with taking backhanders to refer patients...
Doctors and president hold ‘constructive’ meeting over pay demands
Cyprus is gradually approaching the introduction of a national health system, Health Minister Giorgos Pamborides said on Monday, as doctors met the president...
Medical students want to be taught by professors, not state doctors
Medical students from the University of Cyprus have appealed to President Nicos Anastasiades, to intervene and allow their professors to teach them during internships at...
More money to boost state doctors’ productivity
HEALTH Minister Giorgios Pamboridis announced on Friday that state doctors would get a €3m boost for pay rises and allowances aiming to increase productivity in...
UCy denies medical school dean resigned over spat with doctors
Members of the University of Cyprus’ senate denied claims on Thursday that the resignation of its medical school’s dean, Dr Zacharias Zachariou, was over his...
State doctors claim not fully informed on content of health reform bills
Government doctors union Pasyki said on Sunday they were not fully informed on the contents of two bills approved by the cabinet last week on...
Doctors’ union to stage (another) strike, patients outraged (update)
STATE doctors on Friday announced a three-hour work stoppage for Wednesday, after Health Minister Giorgos Pamborides threw their union (Pasyki) out of a meeting that...
Health sector crisis going from bad to worse, state doctors say
MORE and more state doctors are leaving the public sector and replacements have been slow to step forward due mainly to the appalling salaries and...
State doctors urge government to immediately resolve hospital problems
While state hospitals were on the verge of collapse and physicians continue to leave the public sector, instead of introducing effective measures, the health ministry...
