The government has assured that all necessary measures have been taken to ensure that radio-pharmaceuticals will be transferred safely to Cyprus.
The assurances came after Cyprus Airways, the state airline, closed down last Friday following a European Commission ruling, asking the company to pay back to the state some 100 million euro.
The medicines, used for the treatment of cancer patients and tests in nuclear medicine, will be transferred to Cyprus on Friday by Lufthasa and will be delivered to all public hospitals.
Another dispatch of the medicines for the Oncological Centre of the Bank of Cyprus will arrive on Saturday via Vienna on Austrian Airlines.
Communications and Works Minister Marios Demetriades said that the solution with regard to the Oncological Centre is temporary and that all necessary actions are being taken to reach a final solution to this problem.
On his part, Health Minister Philippos Patsalis told CNA that radioisotopes are expected to be delivered and that as of next week they will be delivered on a weekly basis to cover the needs of the country.
Due to the lack of this medicine, the Oncological Centre of the Bank of Cyprus and the Oncological unit in Limassol postponed schedule treatment as well as diagnostic tests.
Patsalis said that there is stock of such medicines at Nicosia General Hospital that will cover the needs until Friday.