Bill to grant legal status to paramedics by end of May

A bill which will make paramedics a legally protected profession will be submitted to a parliamentary plenary session for a vote by the end of May, the House health committee decided on Thursday.

Committee deputy chairwoman and Disy MP Savia Orphanidou explained after the committee that her party considers the matter to be a “particularly serious issue”.

She added that the bill will establish a paramedics’ registry, which she said is “needed for these people to be able to function properly”.