Health ministry reviews complaints over Hadassah Medical Centre licensing

Limassol, Cyprus. The health ministry is reviewing complaints concerning Hadassah Medical Centre, which advertises cardiac assessments and rehabilitation programmes but is licensed only for imaging services, according to Politis.

Licensing and services

Elisavet Constantinou, the health ministry’s permanent secretary, told Politis that the ministry had recently received further complaints concerning the centre. She said it held neither a hospital licence nor another licence authorising it to operate as a healthcare facility beyond imaging.

The newspaper noted that this did not automatically mean other activities were unlawful. It said the central issue was what services the centre delivered and which regulatory framework applied to them.

According to Politis, the centre opened in Ayios Tychonas and currently provides imaging services, cardiac assessments, neurological rehabilitation and physiotherapy. It has neither operating theatres nor beds for inpatients.

Questions about medical staffing

Politis reported that the centre advertises neurosurgery, orthopaedics and cardiology, while its website features only three doctors. The newspaper found a recognised General Medicine specialty for one doctor in the medical register but could not clearly establish recognised specialties for the other two.

When approached by Politis, the centre provided a roster naming 15 doctors alongside two clinical dietitians. The newspaper said it remained unclear who worked permanently in Limassol, who visited periodically and who provided only second opinions while abroad. The identity of the radiologist supervising the licensed imaging services also remained unclear.

Reported participation from Israel

Politis also cited reports suggesting that doctors located in Israel may have participated in certain examinations or treatments through telephone calls or video connections. Those reports had not been independently verified when the article was published.