Marilena Panayi

Marilena Panayi is Phileleftheros' health correspondent. She has worked in journalism since 1996 and has been with the media group for the past fifteen years.
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Botox doctor arrested at airport over unapproved injectables

A visiting doctor has been arrested at the airport with large quantities of medicines in his luggage, including injectable...
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Out-of-pocket health payments in Cyprus fall from 44% to 18%

The share of Cyprus’s health spending funded collectively, through government schemes and compulsory insurance, rose by about 30 percentage...
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Nine of Cyprus’s 13 emergency response motorcycles remain idle despite 350 callouts

Nine of Cyprus’s 13 emergency response motorcycles remain out of service because of staffing shortages, despite the specialist units...
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Public hospital staff hold firm on 48-hour strike over pay and appraisals

Unions representing public hospital staff are pressing ahead with a 48-hour strike on 10 and 11 November. The dispute...
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Revised university clinics bill fails to win over critics

The Health Ministry presented an amended bill on university clinics to parliament’s health committee on, but universities, doctors and...
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AKEL to vote against plan to hire non-EU nurses

AKEL said on Thursday it would not vote for Health Ministry plans to make it easier to hire nurses...
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Health problems limit more than half of Cyprus’s over-65s: WHO

Some 56.5 per cent of people aged 65 and over in Cyprus report health problems that limit their activities,...
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Patients treated abroad wait for advances as ministry cites workload

Health Ministry officials told parliament’s Labour Committee on Tuesday that implementing a government decision to pay patients an advance...
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Delayed flu vaccines due as Europe sees early infection rise

Cyprus is expected to take delivery on Tuesday of 110,000 flu vaccine doses ordered by the Ministry of Health,...
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Cypriot women live to 85.6, but 47% lack exercise: WHO

Women in Cyprus have a life expectancy of 85.6 years, above the World Health Organization’s European Region average of...
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Legionella source still unclear after water tests in newborn case

Test results the Health Ministry had expected on Thursday have given no clear indication of the source of the...
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Orthodontists say free university clinics draw patients from private dentists

Free treatment at university dental clinics is drawing patients away from private dentists, the Cyprus Orthodontic Society told parliament’s...
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Cyprus considers road tax cuts and free parking as blood shortage delays thalassaemia transfusions

Transfusions for people with thalassaemia in Cyprus have been repeatedly postponed during a two-month blood shortage that doctors and...
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