Tag: Health Services Authority
Plans in motion to split Public Health from HSA
(CNS): The Ministry of Health and Wellness is developing a business case to examine the process of separating the Public Health Department from the Health Services Authority to help promote a healthier community. Health Minister Sabrina Turner said at a press briefing on Wednesday that public health extends far beyond managing communicable diseases like the […]
HSA cardiology clinic moves out of hospital
(CNS): The Health Services Authority (HSA) Cardiology Clinic is moving from the hospital campus to the second floor of the Smith Road Medical Centre. The clinic will close at noon on Thursday at its current location at the Women’s Health Building and reopen at the new site on Tuesday, 7 June, officials said. The move […]
HSA starts training eight Caymanian EMTs
(CNS): Eight Caymanians with various backgrounds are training to help save lives by becoming emergency medical technicians (EMTs) through the Health Services Authority’s fully funded EMT Training Programme. The trainees were chosen from the 73 applicants who registered during a competitive admission process that included a written exam, a physical assessment, and a panel interview.
Gene lab to advance treatment for local patients
(CNS): The opening of the Cayman Islands Molecular Biology Laboratory (CIMBL), which will undertake diagnostic genome sequencing, will advance medical treatment and patient outcomes for people in the Cayman Islands, the Health Services Authority said in a release.
HSA’s outpatient pharmacy ready to reopen
(CNS): The Health Service Authority has relocated the hospital outpatient pharmacy in George Town to larger premises at the Smith Road Medical Centre, which has been closed for about a year to facilitate the upgrade. The new facility officially opens on Thursday, 17 March.
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.
HSA expects to cut costs with solar panels
(CNS): Work at the George Town hospital installing a solar array and one of the largest rooftop installations of solar panels and equipment in the Cayman Islands has finished. The Health Services Authority (HSA) said that this places the hospital among the corporate leaders for environmental sustainability and green initiative among government agencies.
UK accepts local vaccine records for travellers
(CNS): The UK has begun accepting Cayman’s digital vaccine certificates through the HSA Patient Portal, eliminating the need for people travelling to the UK to request vaccination certification letters from Public Health. Those who have signed up for the HSA Patient Portal will be able to print out their COVID-19 Vaccination Record themselves to use […]
Delays expected at A&E due to upgrade work
(CNS): The Health Services Authority is urging patients not to go to Accident and Emergency unless they are experiencing a true emergency. The hospital has embarked on the next stage of its multi-phased project to expand the A&E department and improve the service. Due to the upgrade work, walk-in patients are warned of potential delays […]
Family flew to Brac after GTPS COVID outbreak
(CNS): The Health Services Authority issued a press release Thursday which implies that three people from Grand Cayman, including a child from the George Town Primary School where an outbreak of COVID-19 was revealed on Monday, flew to Cayman Brac instead of isolating at home in a suspected breach of quarantine rules. In the release, […]
Ossie to chair health services board
(CNS): Former health minister Osbourne “Ossie” Bodden has been appointed as the chair of the Health Service Authority Board. Bodden ran for office in this year’s election on the same ticket as Premier Wayne Panton and Heather Bodden, the MP for Savannah, but was defeated for the second time by Dwayne Seymour in Bodden Town […]
