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Health minister wants to hear from nurses who quit the profession amid shortage

Health Minister Neophytos Charalambides said on Monday that he wants to meet nurses who are no longer working in...
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Nursing students to be able to study before National Guard service

Cyprus's Health Ministry plans to promote the option for young men to complete a Nursing degree before doing their...
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Is your patient a person — or just Bed 10?

"Our centre of gravity is the patient as a person. Who are they? Or are they simply Bed 10?" These...
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Private hospitals threaten action over nurse shortage crisis: ‘We’ve run out of words’

Cyprus's private hospitals will disrupt services unless the government acts immediately on the nurse shortage, the sector's chief warned...
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Health ministry threatens to suspend Nicosia private hospital over nurse shortage

A major private hospital in Nicosia faces the suspension of its operating licence after the health ministry accused it...
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State hospital nurses warn of strike action over chronic understaffing

Cyprus's state hospitals are heading towards major industrial action after the nurses' union announced its members have authorised immediate...
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Nicosia faces critical nurse shortage and depends on daily commuters

Approximately 170 nurses, mostly young professionals, commute daily from Limassol and Paphos to Nicosia to staff the capital's General...
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Private hospitals threaten bed closures over severe nursing shortage

Private hospitals, the Cyprus Employers' and Industrialists' Federation, and medical professionals have issued a joint ultimatum to the government,...
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Health sector faces crisis as nurses demand retirement at 60

The health sector is heading for turbulence as nursing unions' request for retirement at age 60 threatens to worsen...
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Union demands proof of nurses’ work absence fraud

The Cyprus Nurses and Midwives Association (PASYNM) has called on Auditor General Andreas Papaconstantinou to substantiate allegations made against...
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Nurses dodge shifts but keep jobs after long-term work absence fraud

Two state hospital nurses who covered for each other's absences while holding other jobs continued to receive full pay...
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Hospitals stretched thin while winter infections soar

State hospitals are struggling to cope with a surge in seasonal infections amid severe staffing shortages, nursing union officials...
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Nurses warn of Nicosia General Hospital A&E crisis

The Cyprus Nurses Union (PASYNO) has issued an urgent warning about unprecedented conditions at Nicosia General Hospital's Emergency Department,...
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