#hospital

Lawmakers on Thursday again decried the abject lack of progress in the scheduled expansion and upgrade of the neonatal intensive care unit at Makarios hospital, with the project apparently bogged ...

In its six years of operation, Cyprus’ national health system, Gesy, has registered over a million beneficiaries and logged more than 21 million visits to general practitioners and roughly the same ...

The government on Wednesday pledged that it would cover the state health services organisation (Okypy)’s financial deficits until the end of next year, with the deficits expected to reach ...

An MP on Thursday demanded the resignation of the board of directors of the state health services organisation (Okypy), deeming them responsible for the organisation’s spiraling deficits and waste. ...

Paphos general hospital has undergone significant improvements in recent years, with over €21.8 million invested in both infrastructure and medical equipment, it was reported on Wednesday. The aim is to make ...

Israeli forces killed at least 19 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, including a rescue worker, health officials said, as troops deepened an incursion along the territory’s northern edge, ...

Turkey is on Thursday to open a new military hospital in Kyrenia, with the country’s Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz set to formally open it. The hospital is being built ...

The two-year-old girl hit by a car in Limassol remains intubated at Makario hospital with a brain haemorrhage, police spokesman Christos Andreou said on Wednesday. He said the accident which ...

Turkey is to open a military hospital in Kyrenia, as it begins to attempt to replace the 32 across Turkey which were either closed or repurposed following the failed coup d’é...

State doctors’ union Pasyki on Monday issued a warning about the daily risk of sudden closures of clinics and departments at the Famagusta, Larnaca and Paphos general hospitals “due to ...

An action plan to treat people who have been exposed to swimming pool chemicals has been launched after the incident at a hotel in Paphos, the state health services (Okypy) ...

The health ministry and the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) have prepared a plan to incentivise gynaecologists and obstetricians to perform natural births instead of caesareans (C-sections), it emerged on Wednesday. ...

A 17-year-old boy suffering from what turned out to be acute appendicitis was subjected to a nightmarish ordeal for over 24 hours, before finally getting the surgery he urgently needed, it ...

A 30-year-old in Limassol died on Wednesday at the scene where he collapsed while playing football with friends, according to the police. The incident unfolded shortly before 7.30pm, when the ...

The conditions at Kyperounda hospital in Troodos are utterly disgraceful, with wards lacking bathrooms, the House health committee heard amid promises for improvement. Wards intended for tuberculosis patients do not ...

The 82-year-old man sentenced to jail for shooting a cable thief was admitted to Limassol general hospital on Tuesday, as the fate of his appeal remains unknown. He reported severe ...

A 49-year-old Greek Cypriot woman was attacked at knifepoint in her own home in Lakatamia by former boyfriend on Monday morning. The 46-year-old Greek Cypriot man beat her and fled ...

The State Health Services (Okypy) has made a significant move to enhance accessibility to healthcare services by adjusting the operating hours of state hospitals. According to a statement released by ...

Another migrant child was taken to Makarios hospital’s ICU from the Pournara reception centre, state health services organisation (Okypy) spokesman Charalambos Charilaou said on Friday. The child, who has ...

A man may regain the use of his hand, left paralysed by a severe road accident, thanks to a pioneering nerve transfer operation from his partly amputated leg, doctors in ...

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) ...

A school student has been hospitalised with a fractured shoulder blade after the latest incident of violence at a high school, in Nicosia, it emerged on Monday. According to reports, ...

The American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association (Ahepa) announced on Monday plans to open a new university hospital in Nicosia. Once completed, the hospital will fall under the umbrella of Gesy. ...

A pilot scheme for the treatment of liquid hospital waste has been completed at the Larnaca hospital, removing huge amounts of pharmaceutical and pathogenic substances before they reach central sewerage ...