Understaffing could see hospital departments close

State doctors’ union Pasyki on Monday issued a warning about the daily risk of sudden closures of clinics and departments at the Famagusta, Larnaca and Paphos general hospitals “due to severe understaffing”.

The union said the “firefighting measures” implemented by management are causing more issues than they are solving, with the majority of health centres in a state of decline.

Pasyki questioned the logic behind Cyprus’ largest healthcare provider outsourcing tele-radiology...