#Caesareans

Dr Pantinos Mavrogenis, member of the Gynaecological Society of Cyprus, has openly criticised the health insurance organisation (HIO) over its proposed system of financial penalties for doctors performing high rates ...

A pilot scheme by the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) to incentivise gynaecologists and obstetricians to perform natural births instead of caesareans (C-sections) has been rolled out. The pilot comes ahead ...

The Council of Ministers on Wednesday approved a plan to promote natural childbirth and to reduce premature births in Cyprus. A statement released by the health ministry said that the ...

Cyprus midwives recently received much-deserved recognition by Unesco Midwives in Cyprus are heralding the inclusion of their work on Unesco’s list of intangible culture heritage, saying it can serve ...

A recent study reveals Cyprus has six times the recommended rate of Cesareans. ALIX NORMAN meets the expert who’s addressing what doctors fail to disclose about this major surgical ...

Commissioner for health, Stella Kyriakidou, responded on Monday to a question raised by European member of parliament, Dimitris Papadakis on the high rate of caesarean sections performed in Cyprus, which ...