The Government of Cyprus has approved an additional package of works in public hospitals for €61.7 million, bringing the total investment in the sector to €206.7 million. President Nikos Christodoulides announced this in a video message on July 12, 2026, according to the Reporter. “These are projects in every district, infrastructure for every citizen, wherever he is,” the head of state stressed.
What will they build and upgrade with the new money?
The new package includes four directions. The construction of the Afalassa Mental Health Center will continue in Nicosia, with the second and third phases of the project starting. This is welcome news for the capital region: Afalassa remains the main psychiatric hospital in the country, and the Public Health Services Organization (OCIPI) has repeatedly recognized that patients need a modern center, but so far the problem of beds has been closed pointwise — for example, by expanding the psychiatric department of the Nicosia hospital from 14 to 20 beds.
The second position is the new Department of Infectious Diseases at the Nicosia General Hospital. The Larnaca Hospital will completely modernize the intensive care unit and the therapeutic department, as well as create new facilities for cardiology and pulmonology clinics. Finally, large—scale repairs and upgrades await the hospital of Trodos, the only hospital in the mountainous region.
New projects have added to the €145 million of construction projects already underway
Fresh €61.7 million is an add—on to the €145 million infrastructure package, which is already being implemented in all state hospitals on the island. His flagship is a new hospital in Polis Chrysochous, worth about €17 million, which will bring care closer to the residents of remote Tillria and relieve the burden on the General Hospital of Paphos, where patients from all over the district are currently traveling. In April, a new emergency department, a short-term hospital ward and an infectious diseases department were already opened in the Paphos hospital itself.
The OKIPI modernization program is scheduled until 2027 and covers both buildings and medical equipment — according to the Ministry of Health, there have not been such investments in public hospitals for many years.
What will this change for patients — and what remains a problem?
“There is a person behind every project. A patient who needs better care. A family that wants and has the right to feel safe. A healthcare professional who deserves modern infrastructure and suitable facilities,” said Christodoulides.
According to him, public health is “changing” thanks to “responsible economic policies” that allow returning the fruits of growth to society through investments in healthcare, education, social and housing policies. However, construction sites are only part of the equation.
Health Minister Neophytos Charalambidis recently acknowledged a shortage of about 600 nurses in the system, which is why controlled recruitment from third countries is being considered, and state hospitals will face a difficult transition to financial autonomy by the end of the year. So whether patients will feel the promised “dignity and quality of life” will depend not only on the new walls, but also on who will work in them.
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