Tag: Health City Cayman Islands
Hospital beds short of population needs
(CNS): Answering a parliamentary question about the number of inpatient hospital beds in the Cayman Islands, Health Minister Sabrina Turner gave an answer that does not arithmetically compute. She said that there are currently 226 beds across all of the public and private facilities. But when she broke down the numbers, they added up to […]
HCCI names oncology unit after late founding partner
(CNS): Health City Cayman Islands has expanded its cancer patient services with a new radiation oncology centre kitted out with the latest technology, including a Siemens TruBeam Varian Lineae Accelerator, the first of its kind in this jurisdiction and one of the most advanced in the region, HCCI said in a release.
HSA is only facility cleared to handle emergencies
(CNS): The Health Services Authority (HSA) is the only facility in the Cayman Island that meets the standards established by the Health Practice Commission to provide emergency services, ministry officials have said. Following the tragic crash at Parker’s Raceway in Breakers last month, questions were raised about why Kashwayne McKenzie (29) was not taken to […]
HSA controls A&E care for trauma patients
(CNS): The Health Services Authority (HSA) has said it is responsible for providing emergency care across the three Cayman Islands and coordinates with Health City Cayman Islands in emergencies to transfer patients when necessary. But it seems that in the first instance, no matter where an emergency occurs, unless it is cardiac related, patients carried […]
CIG should review duty deal with HCCI, court says
(CNS): A Grand Court judge has found that the Cayman Islands Government “acted inappropriately when it awarded fee waivers and concessions” to Health City Cayman Islands for “extremely lengthy periods” without putting the deal before Parliament. The court also said the CIG should publish the criteria for tax and duty giveaways or other concessions in […]
HCCI introduces new robot to assist surgeons
(CNS): Health City Cayman Islands has begun using robots to help with laparoscopic procedures using the da Vinci X surgical system. The first robotic-assisted laparoscopic surgery in the Cayman Islands took place last month through a partnership between the East End hospital and local healthcare provider OceanMed.
Health City moving towards training institution
(CNS): World-renowned cardiac surgeon Dr Devi Shetty has plans to convert the hospital he founded here, Health City Cayman Islands, into an institution for training Caymanian students to become the healthcare professionals of the future. Part of the original deal Shetty made with the Cayman Islands Government to build the hospital in East End, in […]
CIG concedes on doctors’ qualifications
(CNS): Doctors Hospital, which is challenging government’s deals with medical tourism facilities, secured a partial early victory last week regarding the listing of doctors. During the legal proceedings, the government conceded that a two-tier system had been created because doctors on the ‘Institutional List’ (those working in medical tourism facilities) do not need to meet […]
QC argues hospital case has no business in court
(CNS): Doctors Hospital has brought an academic question to the court challenging the government’s deals with two medical tourism facilities but it has no standing to bring any legal case, Tom Hickman QC argued on Wednesday. The British lawyer has been hired by the Attorney General’s Chambers to respond to the judicial review brought by […]
Hospital argues that deals can’t fetter tax collection
(CNS): A lawyer representing Doctors Hospital made a comprehensive argument in court on Wednesday that the contracts signed by the UDP government with Health City Cayman Islands in 2010 and by the Unity government with Aster Cayman Medcity weeks before the 2021 election, both of which waived fees, cannot legally bind other administrations’ collection of […]
Health City filled key gap during lockdown
(CNS): The challenges of getting medical attention during the border closure in 2020 and 2021 were mitigated by Health City Cayman Islands, the management at the East End hospital has said. As the medical facility prepares to break ground on another hospital in Camana Bay and gets ready for the return of medical tourists, the […]
