#pharmacies

Cyprus’ pharmacists on Wednesday voted overwhelmingly in favour of keeping the absurd opening hours, which forces all pharmacies to close between 1.30pm and 3pm every day except on Wednesdays and ...

The health insurance organisation (HIO) on Friday instructed pharmacists to prioritise individuals affected by the Limassol wildfire who lost their prescriptions or medical consumables, following complaints that some had been ...

An online dispute broke out on Wednesday between Deputy Tourism Minister Costas Koumis, and Famagusta district governor Yiannis Karousos. The argument began after Karousos criticised the operating hours of pharmacies ...

Pharmacists at Limassol General Hospital will stage a 48-hour strike on October 21 and 22 to protest having worked without a head pharmacist for the past four months. During the strike, employees ...

The administrative court on Thursday threw out a recourse filed by a number of pharmacies seeking to challenge a ministerial decree that regulates opening hours. In its verdict, the court ...

The pharmacies association last week threatened to tell its members not to open outside of regular working hours – night and public holidays – from next month, if the issue of opening ...

Seven pharmacies that have secured an interim court order and operate as they please complained on Thursday about the ruckus being caused by the pharmacists’ association clamouring to have the ...

Pharmacists’ patience “has run out” over the issue of opening hours, pharmaceutical association chairman Ploutarchos Georgiades said on Friday. Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency, he said his frustration is ...

The pharmaceutical council is set to hold an extraordinary meeting to find a solution to the threat of pharmacies to remain closed during nights and bank holidays, it emerged on ...

Pharmacies are threatening to shut on holidays and nights, it was reported on Wednesday, over issues that emerged with working hours and the failure of some pharmacies to meet the ...

The Cyprus pharmaceutical association (CPA) said on Saturday it “welcomes” the reintroduction of mandatory testing for Covid-19 to enter certain spaces. Health Minister Popi Kanari had said on Friday that “...

Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela managed to stave off strike measures threatened by the pharmacies amid a row regarding compensation with the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO). The HIO, responsible for running ...

Officials denied that Cyprus is facing a shortage in key medicines such as antibiotics, amid reports of pharmacies running low. Elena Panayiotopoulou, deputy director of the pharmaceutical services, said on ...

A complete shortage of a blood thinner drug dose is recorded in Cyprus due to Brexit, with health officials urging patients to show solidarity and buy only what they need. ...

Parents angered over ministry’s refusal to accept them despite being on its own approved list Rapid saliva tests for coronavirus, an alternative to nasal rapid and PCR tests, have ...