Paphos Life

Are you referring to the Cyprus Medical Card which is (usually) valid for 5 years? Ours are renewed even though we have E121 forms which have been superseded by the S1 form. People have been renewing them at the CSC but perhaps worth an email (info@gesy.org.cy) or phone call (Tel 17000) to GESY to f...

One business I know eventually received a payout from the government from the lockdown early last year - and used it to pay their Social Insurance. The bills don't stop coming in even when little or no business is coming in. From comments I have read over the years, people who usually get paid benef...

Just been checking a couple of banks and a few interesting points: Alpha Bank has been charging €2 per transaction when a currency exchange company is used for some years if the amount is above €2000. Hellenic charges €15 if the sum is above €15,000 from 2nd February from a non SEPA country, a categ...

Sadie, where did you see... “ After the 19th Jan people can quarantine in their own homes so she won’t be in a hotel for quarantine ” please? TiA I believe the information is in this official announcement (which is copied as it is written in the original) In accordance with the Infectious Diseases ...

'Expats living in the European Union who move money between UK banks and local accounts are being hit with hefty charges because of Brexit. Now that EU banking payment rules no longer apply, there is no limit on charges for receiving money from UK accounts, or sending it to them. The Spanish giant S...

If you are an S1 holder living in Cyprus and you have a UK European Health Insurance Card (EHIC), this card remains valid for use across the EU for any necessary treatment, until the card expires. Once your EHIC expires you can apply online for a new card - www.nhs.uk/ehic. UK in Cyprus - British Hi...

Are we permitted to collect the old records from the relevant hospital / clinic ? We have all our paper records from Paphos General Hospital - in fact years ago patients were advised to keep them. Prior to GESY we sometimes used private hospitals so we also have their records of diagnoses and tests.

This is a reply someone got on another forum in May 2019 “ We would like to inform you that this information will remain in the archive of the specific hospital and cannot be transferred to another medical clinic or doctor at the moment. Please note that in the near future all these medical folders ...

Dodo - PM sent.

Government Announcement - translation with official link attached Information on Pfizer / BioNTeck vaccine deliveries The Ministry of Health, after receiving an information received this afternoon from the European Commission and the company Pfizer, informs that, due to the upgrade of the production...

When we become eligible our Personal Doctor has advised us to stay at least 30 minutes after the vaccination due to our medical history of allergies.

By an 80 year old Tala Resident ''It really was a doddle. I had taken a walking stick, folding chair, a good book, flask of tea and a sweater, envisaging a long walk from the nearest available parking at the Paphos General Hospital, a long slow moving queue out of doors (as seen on tele in news clip...

Thank you J B - successfully changed and thanks to your help I have managed to customise the system.

It really is a good free system.

Loads of really good free options out there now and just as good as MS Office and some features are better - I have this on two of my laptops now and had no issues with it at all. https://www.libreoffice.org/discover/libreoffice/ Likewise very happy with LibreOffice which was put on my computer rec...

Where at the General do you have to go, which entrance ? I read earlier on FB today that you go to the main entrance and when inside take the right corridor past where you purchase stamps and make appointments and it is a room near the orthopaedic clinic. One person said it was where she had her fl...

As there are extra 500,000 Corona SMS's every day, that will also add to their future profit.... https://cyprus-mail.com/2021/01/11/coronavirus-472000-sms-movement-requests-sent-on-first-day/ Max 'The first is by sending a text message or SMS to 8998, free of charge' https://cyprus-mail.com/2021/01...

Just received a SMS from Euromania stating they will be open during the lockdown.

You can walk on the beach, in parks, and in linear parks. This begs the question: what is a linear park? I assumed it was a bad translation. I was wrong. From Wikipedia: A linear park is a park in an urban or suburban setting that is substantially longer than it is wide.[note 1] Some are rail trail...

It is a shame we cannot use the countryside to walk in and must use areas that are likely to be busy. I would have preferred areas where I was not likely to bump into anybody. Why not? I haven't read anything specific about banning people from the countryside and yesterday people were driving out t...

Reading many comments on this on FB and overall it appears you can go for exercise anywhere within your district in the areas that are permitted.
Only people from Nicosia district can go to another district in order to swim in the sea.