Public hospitals will be able to effectively handle increased needs for treatment linked to the conflict in the Middle East,…
New Morphou hospital ‘to be completed in 2024’
Construction of the new Morphou hospital will be completed in 2024, according to the north’s ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel. Ustel…
Prostate cancer most common male cancer in Cyprus
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer among men in Cyprus, with 450 cases recorded per year, according to the…
Health minister working to break Okypy-union stalemate
Health Minister Popi Kanari is making efforts on Monday to resolve the stalemate over pay structure between public hospital workers…
Health minister steps into union-Okypy fray
Public hospitals are the “backbone” of the national health care system (Gesy) but they must become competitive, the health minister…
Podiatrists under Gesy from November
Podiatrists will begin offering their services under the national health scheme (Gesy) on November 1, the health insurance organisation (HIO)…
A third of women with cancer get breast cancer
Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer for women in Cyprus, with almost a third of them affected…
US doctors operating in Cyprus a ‘historical’ development
As the first of three specialised surgical interventions carried out by doctors from Shriners children’s hospitals in the US started…
Eight-hour strike outside state hospitals on Wednesday
Doctors and nurses of the state health services organisation (Okypy) are set to embark on an eight-hour general strike on…
Oxygen patient catches fire after lighting cigarette
Consternation was caused at the Nicosia general hospital when a patient on oxygen lit up a cigarette causing a fire,…