Archive for January 26th, 2022
HSA secures its own oxygen supply for hospital
(CNS): The Health Services Authority (HSA) has installed a new on-site medical-grade oxygen generator at the Cayman Islands Hospital, which will save the authority over $150,000 per year, officials said. The generator also addresses a potential national security risk associated with insufficient local medical oxygen caused by disruptions to international supply chains.
CMO worried about low booster numbers
(CNS): Dr Autilia Newton, the interim chief medical officer, has raised concerns that too few people in the Cayman Islands have received a booster shot against COVID-19. In a virtual meeting with the media, she said people need to get a third shot to protect themselves from the very high rate of the SARS-CoV-2 virus […]
Property sales exceeded $1B mark in 2021
(CNS): In 2021, for the first time in its history, the Cayman Islands exceeded $1.054 billion in property sales in a year, according to local realtor James Bovell. An owner at ReMax, one of Cayman’s agencies dealing with high-end sales, Bovell revealed the figure in his regular blog about the local real estate market. While […]
