Our View: Nursing unions cannot dictate health policy
It is quite astonishing that there has been a shortage of some 600 nurses at hospitals and clinics for some time now and nursing unions are preventing every government attempt to ...
Nursing shortage dispute intensifies ahead of two bills before parliament
Two government bills aimed at addressing Cyprus’ nursing shortage have intensified a dispute between private hospitals and the state nursing unions, with the former warning that hospital beds are being ...
New MPs to roll sleeves up come September
The new parliament that emerged from May’s elections has a demanding legislative agenda ahead of it when the session reopens at the beginning of September, with important bills and ...
Nurses shortage prompts proposal to hire non-EU nationals
Cyprus faces a dearth of nurses at state hospitals, the health minister said on Thursday, proposing that one quick fix could be to hire people from non-EU countries.
Speaking in ...
Nurses at Nicosia hospital stage one hour work stoppage (updated)
Nurses at Nicosia general hospital staged an unscheduled work stoppage early on Friday in protest at what they termed Okypy’s ‘authoritarian’ behaviour which they said affects the operation of ...
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 have been going out of ...
Nurses union slams ‘bad administration’ of state hospitals
State nurses’ union Pasyno proposed referring patients to the private sector and suspending non-emergency procedures, as well as getting nursing staff off desks in a bid to reinforce ICUs and ...