Filenews 8 February 2026 - by Dora Christodoulou
The issue of the autonomy of Paphos Hospital from Limassol, which is still pending months after the political decision was taken and voted in Parliament, was recently raised before the President of the Republic, in order to intervene for its implementation.
The issue was raised with Nikos Christodoulidis last week by the MPs of Paphos, on the sidelines of the meeting they had with the President on the issue of the new Polis Chrysochous Hospital. Expressing their absolute satisfaction with the timetables announced by the President of the Republic for the implementation of the major project of the Chrysochous district, the MPs of the province asked Mr. Christodoulides to intervene personally to implement the pending autonomy of the hospital from the Limassol region.
The issue is important, the MPs reiterated, given that the staffing of the Paphos state hospital under his own leadership is pending, but also his ability to use his own resources from state funds for the health sector in Paphos.
The issue was raised during the Christmas period and to the new Minister of Health, during his visit to the Paphos Hospital to see the prevailing situation. Speaking to "F", MP Chrysanthos Savvidis, who brought the issue to Parliament, stressed that Neophytos Charalambides was asked to intervene with OKYPY to speed up the procedures for announcing the position of Executive Director of the Hospital, a development that is the key to making autonomy a reality.
The recruitment of an Executive Director and the consequent autonomy in practice, he pointed out, will mean that Paphos will now be represented as an autonomous entity in the Council of OKYPY, which is not done today, but also that it will have its own budget for public health issues, something that is also not done so far, but is part of the jurisdiction of Limassol.
