Larnaca CID is investigating plasmapheresis machines found at a medical centre previously investigated by the authorities and police in 2022 and 2023, and whose operations had at one point been suspended by order of the authorities. The centre is now operating under a different name.
The investigation follows a letter from the Health Services Department dated September 14, 2026, received by police on Tuesday, which referred to plasmapheresis machines found at one of two medical centres. CID is now examining, in cooperation with the Health Services Department, whether the machines’ operation breaches the relevant legislation.
The development comes after the Ministry of Health reopened its file on the centre following a new complaint, and after a review of complaints and investigations into various centres and facilities across Cyprus that came to light at the end of last week found that the one complaint currently pending before the ministry concerns this specific clinic.
The new complaint comes amid days of public debate in Greece and Cyprus over plasmapheresis and other procedures applied illegally for non-medical reasons, promising health and wellbeing benefits, a debate triggered by the death of Greek singer Giorgos Mazonakis.
Larnaca CID head Giorgos Charalambous confirmed receipt of the correspondence and the letter, saying an initial meeting had been held and an investigative team set up, which will investigate the matters raised in the letter over the coming period.
The investigation will be carried out in cooperation with the Health Services Department and will also draw on the findings of an earlier investigation carried out following a 2023 letter concerning the same medical centre.
(with information from CNA)
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