#State health services (OKYPY)

The doctors’ union (Pasyky) on Thursday asked the board of the state health services organisation (Okypy) to explain the legal basis of its scientific director post, after an Okypy spokesperson ...

Nursing staff at Larnaca general hospital staged a one-hour work stoppage on Wednesday morning in protest over longstanding problems, including overcrowding and staff exhaustion. The spontaneous stoppage, held between 8am ...

The House health committee pressed for expedited action on staffing and oncology services at Limassol general hospital during a visit on Thursday. Committee chair Savia Orphanidou said four specialties required ...

Four-year-old Marios, who had suffered brain damage on July 14 due to meningitis, died in Makarios hospital on Friday. The boy’s death was announced by Kourion municipality in a post ...

The state health services organisation (Okypy) clarified on Friday that transferring patients with postoperative complications from private to public hospitals is a standard medical practice, responding to complaints from former ...

An investigation has been launched into the brain damage caused to a child who is being treated in hospital for meningitis, it was made known on Tuesday. State health services (...

Orthopaedic patients in Cyprus can now access robot-assisted joint replacement surgery through the public health system, following the installation of the Cori surgical system at Nicosia General Hospital, Okypy announced ...

The biggest threat to the future of Gesy are the nurses and doctors of the public hospitals whose sense of entitlement and greed knows no bounds. Ever since public hospitals ...

The state health services (Okypy) on Saturday denied any wrongdoing in the case of a patient who died in March, insisting that all relevant procedures had been followed. In a ...

Trade unions Pasydy, Sek, Peo, Deok, Pasyki and Pasyno on Friday expressed “deep concern” over the lack of progress in renewing the collective bargaining agreement with state health services provider ...

An investigation into a complaint lodged by the family of an elderly patient against inappropriate behaviour on behalf of nursing staff, which they claimed placed the woman’s life in ...

Nicosia general hospital and the Makarios children’s hospital are strictly adhering to all established health protocols, the state health services organisation (Okypy) said on Monday, responding to complaints raised ...

Members of the House health committee on Thursday called for further modernisation of public hospitals during discussions on the annual budget of the state health services organisation, Okypy, with political ...

The head of the ambulance service delivered a stark warning in parliament on Thursday over what she described as “years of state inaction and underfunding”, as the House health committee ...

Patients’ associations have expressed their opposition to a demand put forward by state health services organisation Okypy for a delay in discussing government’s bill for the creation of a ...

A father of a young child treated at Makarios hospital took to Sigma’s ‘Mesimeri kai Kati’ show to denounce serious staff shortages, revealing that after a month of stay, ...

The state health services organisation (Okypy) on Wednesday said allegations by Pasydy union nurses’ branch that inadequate staffing at Nicosia general hospital led to two patients suffering a heart attack “...

Five people have died from symptoms associated with the flu on Monday, bringing the total number of influenza-related deaths to 12 since December, health ministry permanent secretary Elisavet Constantinou said. Hospitals ...

The health ministry confirmed on Thursday that investigations are underway following complaints by a multitude of doctors against a colleague for intimidation, inappropriate behaviour and failure to respond to emergency ...

Quality healthcare remains a top priority of the administration, Health Minister Michael Damianos assured at the inauguration of the new “Mother and Child” department at Paphos general hospital on Monday. ...

Cabinet on Wednesday approved a bill addressing deficits of the state health services (Okypy), granting them a one-year extension. Government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said the initial law specified the state ...

The response from political parties and stakeholders regarding the legislation introduced by Disy to the House health committee, which requires insurance coverage for all doctors to practice in Cyprus, was ...

The state health services organisation (Okypy) needs to rein in its expenses if it is to continue receiving state grants, officials warned in parliament on Thursday. Health ministry officials and ...

A man was allegedly locked in a hospital cupboard in Nicosia by a nurse this week for seven hours, reports said on Thursday, with the state health services organisation (Okypy) ...