The set of photos below was collected with the aim to create an interactive journey in time, where the visitor will have the opportunity to get acquainted with some of yesterday’s and today’s elements of the long history of Nursing and Obstetrics in Cyprus. In view of the proclamation of 2020 as the "International Year of Nurses and Midwives" by the World Health Organization, the Department of Nursing created this tribute, wanting to honor the history and the valuable work that is performed daily by the nurses and midwives of our part of the world and their timeless contribution to the Cypriot society.

Ιt is expected that through this journey the evolutionary route of Nursing and Obstetrics in Cyprus will be seen, which has always been guided by the needs, priorities, the system and health policies of our country, always aiming at the promotion of health, disease prevention, health restoration and pain relief.

The scientific documentation of the photographic archive that follows, comes from both bibliographic research and the personal archives of people who are professionally involved in nursing. Specifically, photographic material was used from the archives of the Cyprus Nursing School, the Pancyprian Association of Nurses and Midwives, Elisavet Nikolaou, Christiana Nikolaou and Eleni Hatzigeorgiou. 

Commemorative stamp for the International Year of Nurses and Midwives 2020

English Chief Nurse in the "Colonial Nurses Association". It was founded by English nurses in 1897.

English Chief Nurse in the "Colonial Nurses Association". It was founded by English nurses in 1897.

Head sister Anna Georgiou. (Larnaca Hospital 1915 - 1933).

Nursing and other staff of the Nicosia hospital, 1901

Surgery staff before surgery at Nicosia Hospital, 1905

Nursing and medical staff of Paphos Hospital, 1935 - 1945

Building of the "School of Nurses and Midwives". On the ground floor there
were the classrooms and the teachers' offices, while on the other two floors
there was the dormitory for the students of the three-year study cycle.

Nursing and Obstetrics School staff, 2000s

Two-year study student dormitory 

Official inauguration of the new building of the "School of Nurses and
Midwives" by Duchess Mountbatten, January 1960

Newspaper announcement for the construction of the new Nicosia Hospital,
which began in 1936 and completed in 1940

The design of the new Nicosia Hospital, work of the architect Poly Michailidis.

Unveiling of the "School of Nurses and Midwives" by Duchess Mountbatten, 1960

Duchess Mountbatten visits the pediatric ward of Nicosia Hospital, 1960

Nurses on a break, 1960s

Female students of the "School of Nurses and Midwives" during the theoretical training, 1960s.

Students of the Department of Nursing of the Cyprus University of Technology during their theoretical training at the amphitheater Tassos Papadopoulos.

Female students of the "School of Nurses and Midwives" during the theoretical training, 1960s.

Students of the "School of Nurses and Midwives" of the three-year course in the living room of the boarding school 1960s.

Students of the Nursing and Obstetrics School of Cyprus on a break, 1990s.

Nurses on a break, 1960s.

Nurses on a break, 1960s.

Nurses on a break, 1960s.

Nurses souvenir photo, 1960s.

Graduates of the Nursing and Obstetrics School of Cyprus, 2004.

Teaching Anatomy at the "School of Nurses and Midwives", 1960s.

Students of the "School of Nurses and Midwives", during the theoretical training of Anatomy, 1960s.

Graduates of the "School of Nurses and Midwives" after their graduation ceremony in the 1960s.

Grading of Cyprus Nursing and Obstetrics School students, 2000s

Grading of Cyprus Nursing and Obstetrics School students, 2000s

Graduates of the "School of Nurses and Midwives", 1960s

Publication of the Law on Nursing and Obstetrics, during the British occupation in 1951

Participation of the Cyprus Nursing School in the Cyprus Educational Fair, 2000s

Provision of nursing care in the pediatric ward of the old hospital of Nicosia, 1960s

Clinical training of students of the Cyprus Nursing School in the pediatric department of the Archbishop III Hospital, Nicosia, 2000s

Pediatric ward of Nicosia hospital, 1960s

Provision of nursing care in a pediatric ward of the Nicosia hospital, 1960s

Provision of care to a newborn in the Obstetrics department of the Nicosia hospital, 1960s

Midwifery and newborn care by midwives during the COVID pandemic - 19, 2020

Head Nurses with the first President of the Republic of Cyprus Archbishop Makarios III, 1960s

Turkan Aziz, with the first Minister of Health of the newly formed Republic of Cyprus Manyera Niyazi (1960).

The first Chief Nurse of Cyprus Turkan Aziz, 1960

Visit of the Turkish Cypriot politician Fazil Küçük to the Pediatric Department of the Nicosia Hospital (1960).

Awarding of diplomas by the Minister of Health Dina Akkelidou at the graduation ceremony of the Nursing and Obstetrics School of Cyprus, 2004

Nurses and staff of the "School of Nurses and Midwives", 1960s

Representatives of the International Nursing Council together with Tassos Papadopoulos, 1960s

Conference of the International Nursing Council, 1970s

Conference of the International Nursing Council, 1979

Conference of the International Nursing Council, 1970s

Conference of the International Nursing Council, 1970s

Conference of the International Nursing Council, 1970s

Welcome of the President of the Republic of Cyprus Spyros Kyprianou to the festive event of May 12, International Nurses Day, 1981

Welcome of the President of the Republic of Cyprus Spyros Kyprianou to the festive event of May 12, International Nurses Day, 1981

Visit of the Minister of Education and Culture Pefkios Georgiadis to the stand of the Nursing School at the Cyprus Educational Fair, 2005.

Welcome of the President of the Republic of Cyprus Glafkos Clerides to the graduation ceremony of the Nursing and Obstetrics School of Cyprus, 2001

Students of the "School of Nurses and Midwives", 1974

Nursing staff of Larnaca hospital (top) and nursing and medical staff of Famagusta hospital (bottom), 1950

Conference of the International Council of Nurses, 1980s

Conference of the International Council of Nurses, 1980s

Theoretical training at the Cyprus School of Nursing and Obstetrics, 1990s

Students in the library of the Nursing and Obstetrics School of Cyprus, 2000s

Library of the Cyprus University of Technology

Library of the Cyprus School of Nursing and Obstetrics (1960 - 2010)

Students of the School of Nursing and Obstetrics on a break, 1990s

Care of premature newborns in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at the Hospital Archbishop Makarios III, Nicosia, 1990

Infant care in the Pediatric Ward of the General Hospital of Nicosia. 1980s.

Graduates of the first Transitional Intensive Care Program of the Nursing and Obstetrics School of Cyprus, 1987

Graduation of Cyprus Nursing and Obstetrics School students, 2004

Graduates of the "School of Nurses and Midwives", 1960s

Graduation ceremony of the Nursing and Obstetrics School of Cyprus, 2001

Awarding a diploma to a Cypriot Health Visitor in Greece, by the Queen of Greece Frederick, 1960s.

Graduation ceremony of the Cyprus School of Nursing and Obstetrics 2000

Nursing and Obstetrics School staff, 2000s.

Graduation ceremony of the Cyprus Nursing and Obstetrics School, 1998

National anniversary parade of students of the Nursing and Obstetrics School of Cyprus, 2000s

Participation of the Cyprus Nursing School in the Cyprus Educational Exhibition, 2000s

Graduation ceremony of the Cyprus Nursing and Obstetrics School, 1998

Festive event of International Midwifery Day, May 5, 2016

Festive event of International Midwifery Day, May 5, 2016

Members of the European Midwifery Association

1st Cyprus Midwifery Committee, 2016

Visit to the Archaeological Museum of Cyprus, members of the International Council of Nurses, 1970s

Graduates of the "School of Nurses and Midwives", 1960s

Laboratory teaching of nursing students of the Cyprus University of Technology

Clinical practice of Nursing students in an Intensive Care Unit

Department of First Aid of the General Hospital of Nicosia, 1960s

Female students outside of the two-year boarding school in the 1960s

Nicosia General Hospital immediately after its construction, 1940

Graduation ceremony of Cyprus University of Technology

Midwife registration certificate, 1953

Graduates of the "School of Nurses and Midwives", 1960s