CORONAVIRUS - ANOTHER PAPHOS PRIVATE HOSPITAL CONFIRMS POSITIVE CASE

in-cyprus 20 March 2020 -Edited by Josephine Koumettou

Evangelismos private hospital in Paphos announced on Friday a confirmed Covid-19 case in its premises, the second case in a Paphos private hospital in two days.

The hospital’s director Dr Nestoras Michael said that all necessary measures have been taken since they received the relevant reply from the Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics (CING), limiting its operations to the absolute necessary, while swabs have already been taken from all the patient’s recent contacts and sent to CING for testing. Test results are expected tomorrow.

Meanwhile, all areas at the private hospital have been disinfected, including surgery rooms, the ground floor and the lab.

It was added that the Obstetrics department would remain in operation and will be isolated from the rest of the hospital, albeit the confirmed case did not come into contact with the department, and outpatient appointments are suspended until Monday.

The A&E department remains open but new admissions are suspended except in life-threatening situations.


FOOTNOTE - The Iasis Hospital is closed and will remain so until Saturday 21 March.  When it re-opens it will only accept emergency patients.  You will also be unable to attend any appointments there until further notice.

Blue Cross Hospital is, as far as is known, still able to take A&E patients.

Given the ongoing need for sanitising facilities where there has been a possible or known case of Coronavirus, please be aware that you may be re-directed to a different hospital if necessary.