Why doctors are ignoring Cyprus’ women         

The woman who’s forcing the island’s medical professionals to actually listen

 “In Cyprus, doctors are akin to God,” says Kathy Kattashis. “You trust them, you never question them. You just do what they tell you, take the pills you’re given, and hope for the best. But what if they’re wrong?”

Like so many other women on the island, Kathy was misdiagnosed, unheard and sidelined for years. “The symptoms were all there,” she says. “Skin lymphoma at 28; stress incontinence in my early 30s.