Health system shows signs of strain as hospitals fill up
With Cyprus hospitals full to bursting, questions have been asked after the situation seemed to peak with a man who had suffered a stroke reportedly left waiting at Paphos hospital’...
Hospitals prepared for heatstroke cases as temperatures soar (Update)
The state health services organisation (Okypy) have said that a further three people were admitted to the Limassol general hospital with heatstroke on Monday, bringing the total number of cases ...
Man suffers 80 per cent burns after explosion
A 62-year-old man with burns on over 80 per cent of his body was being treated at the Nicosia general hospital on Saturday.
Fire services spokesman Andreas Kettis said two fire ...
Roadmaps prepared to improve Gesy
President Nikos Christodoulides on Friday convened a meeting at the presidential palace to discuss the issues facing the operation and implementation of national health scheme Gesy.
Alongside Gesy operator Health ...
More private companies applying to be part of Gesy
Increases in applications from private companies wishing to become part of the national health scheme (Gesy) are being seen as positive so far, but authorities say that capacity planning will ...
Shriners in Cyprus to help kids with prosthetics
The director of the prosthetics and orthopaedics department from Shriners Hospital travelled to Cyprus over the last four days to provide specialised care, an announcement from the George and Thelma ...
Injured man says was beaten by landlord and accomplices
A 56-year-old foreign national reported to the police that he had to be hospitalised after being beaten by his landlord and two others who entered the house while he was ...
A&E staff to be boosted
Authorities are trying to find staff for A&E departments at the state hospitals around the island, the health ministry and the state health services (Okypy) said on Tuesday.
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Our View: Shortage of nurses not the problem; the system is
For some time now, we have been hearing about the nursing shortages in public hospitals. Nursing union bosses go on about it and keep pressuring Okypy to hire more nurses ...
Two taken to hospital after highway accident during heavy rains
Two people were taken to hospital after their car skidded and overturned on the Nicosia-Limassol highway on Sunday, police said.
The accident happened around 3pm on the section of highway ...
Patients should not be seen in terms of euros says Osak
The federation of patients’ associations (Osak) on Tuesday censured those who regard healthcare as a purely financial exercise, where care is measured in euros and cents.
“Patients are neither expenses ...
Training begins at Nicosia hospitals to boost level of care
Training programmes by a group of Canadian officials began on Tuesday at Makarios and Nicosia general hospitals to upgrade nursing and administrative processes.
Nineteen members of the group Accreditation Canada ...
Outgoing health minister calls on successor to embrace public hospitals
Outgoing health minister Michalis Hadjipantela on Saturday called on his successor to embrace public hospitals and health professionals, underlining that public hospitals are the backbone of the health system.
Hadjipantela, ...
Probe launched after woman dies after giving birth
An investigation has been launched into the sudden death of 40-year-old woman who died a day after giving birth this week in Nicosia, it emerged on Saturday.
The woman was ...
Hospital payment scheme seeks to establish minimum quality of care
A bid to streamline remuneration for services offered at hospitals under the national health scheme Gesy is underway with proposals from its operator, the health insurance organisation (HIO), already in ...
Cyprus braces for Thursday’s CoLA strike (Updated)
Cyprus will go into an effective standstill for three hours on Thursday, disrupting everything from schools, airlines, court cases and public transport and other sectors.
The nationwide strike set to ...
Calls made to turn Famagusta facility into university hospital
Calls were made on Tuesday for President Nicos Anastasiades to see Famagusta hospital turned a university hospital, a request residents say would benefit both the town and the country’s ...
‘Elderly patient sent from hospital to care home in only a sheet’
Additional complaints regarding elder neglect by hospital staff have been brought to light by the care-home owners association on Friday including the case of woman discharged without her clothes.
A ...
Eight deaths, more than 3,000 new Covid infections in past week
Eight people died from coronavirus in the week January 6 to 12, while 85 people remain hospitalised with the virus, the health ministry said on Friday.
The deaths concerned four women and four ...
Cyprus recorded over 6,500 deaths in 2020 with 120 from Covid
There were 6,579 deaths recorded in Cyprus during 2020, while 59,533 patients were hospitalised in general hospitals across the country, statistics published on Thursday revealed.
The figures from Cyprus’ statistical service centered on ...
Three med schools but still no university hospital
Cyprus is one of only two EU states still without a university hospital
Expectations that the start of 2023 would finally see the long-awaited creation of university hospitals in Cyprus were ...
Patient numbers in hospitals rising
Experts on Wednesday expressed concern as hospitals remain at high occupancy rates with many patients being admitted for respiratory illnesses.
Admissions are rising in the pulmonology, pathology, and paediatric wards – ...
Unrest growing in health sector over staff shortages
The state health services Okypy is doing everything possible to tackle the increasing number of children in hospital during the winter period, it said on Friday amid increasing unrest across ...
Okypy expects small surplus next year, MPs told
The state health services organisation (Okypy) said on Thursday that it will generate a small surplus next year, following an uptick in revenues – and insisted that the key objective of ...