Health

The Commission for the Protection of Competition (CPC) had no legal impetus to block the purchase of a medical facility by a US investor, the agency said on Wednesday. Commission ...

The cumulative results of decades of work and advances in medicine are reflected in the increased survival of thalassaemia patients, Health Minister Michalis Damianos said on Tuesday. “Cyprus has perhaps ...

The new mental health centre in Athalassa, Nicosia, was inaugurated on Monday, with President Nikos Christodoulides speaking of a long-overdue project. The existing psychiatric hospital in Athalassa dates to 1964. Now ...

The first National Conference on Autism was held on Saturday by the deputy ministry of social welfare during which 53 actions included in the National Strategy for Autism and the Action ...

Cyprus is among the European countries with the highest consumption of antibiotics and the highest rates of antimicrobial resistance, which caused approximately 700 deaths on the island in 2019 alone. Across the ...

Consultations on financial incentives for public doctors are to be rediscussed at the health ministry on Thursday. Doctors’ unions Pasyki and Pasydy are to meet once more with Health Minister ...

Polis Chrysochous mayor Yiotis Papachristofi on Wednesday called for a new hospital to be built in his town. In a letter to Health Minister Michael Damianos, he said that his ...

A proposal for a voluntary EU cooperation mechanism ensuring availability and access to innovative drugs was put forward by Health Minister Michalis Damianos at Tuesday’s EU health council in ...

Trade union Pasydy on Monday expressed their fury at the omission of a previously touted second phase of construction of a new psychiatric hospital at Athalassa from government plans to ...

Health Minister Michael Damianos on Sunday said he is “optimistic” that an ongoing dispute between doctors and the state health services organisation (Okypy) will be resolved within the week. He ...

Polis has demanded a political decision to support the right of residents in the remote area to proper medical care in a modern hospital. The issue was raised again on ...

Unions representing state doctors on Thursday refuted reports that lives were put at risk during the 48-hour strike, complaining of a concerted attack via the media to besmirch them. In ...

There will be “no escalation” of strike action taken by doctors, Health Minister Michael Damianos said on Tuesday. He was speaking after a meeting with doctors’ unions which took place ...

A total of 5,282 people have been checked for HIV in the last ten years at the Cyprus Checkpoint operated by the Support Movement for AIDS, it said on Wednesday. In ...

As the state doctors’ strike entered its second day on Wednesday, the auditor-general has agreed with the findings of an independent analyst which had determined that no more than a €2.5 ...

Doctors working at state hospitals started a two-day strike on Tuesday morning as a dispute over performance-based bonuses paid by the state health services (Okypy) rolls on. Okypy said they ...

Facing unexpected medical bills highlights the crucial importance of health insurance. It is a powerful reminder that protecting your health and finances requires the right coverage. If your primary health ...

State health services Okypy will be submitting a new proposal by Monday regarding the millions of euros in incentives state hospital doctors are demanding, with doctors saying they would not ...

Health Minister Michalis Damianos on Wednesday called on unions of state doctors to think twice about going on strike, urging them to consider the impact this will have on the ...

Makarios children’s hospital occupancy rate has reached around 90 per cent, mostly with infants and children under four being treated for respiratory infections, the facility reported on Tuesday. Director of ...

ProstaVive is a new dietary supplement created to promote prostate health and improve urine flow. The manufacturer claims the formula is a blend of prostate-boosting nutrients that provide quicker results. ...

About 650 state hospital doctors, set to receive €19.1 million over and above their salaries, overtime and allowances, to keep up financially with their private sector peers, are to go on strike ...

The health ministry and the state health services (Okypy) on Thursday announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding which they say will ensure Okypy’s financial and administrative autonomy. ...

There are certain phrases that Wachuka Gichohi finds difficult to hear after enduring four years of living with long COVID, marked by debilitating fatigue, pain, panic attacks and other symptoms ...