Tag: HSA
Email chain implies major bid manipulation
(CNS): Constant email communication between Jeffrey Webb, the former CIFA and CONCACAF Vice President, and Canover Watson in the runup to the awarding of the hospital CarePay contract to AIS (Cayman) Ltd demonstrated that Watson, the HSA chair at the time, was deeply involved in the tendering process “at both sides”, the jury heard Tuesday […]
Jury surveyed ahead of hospital corruption case
(CNS): Following a written survey almost 100 prospective jurors were eliminated Friday before the selection process began for the seven men and women who will hear the case against Canover Watson and Miriam Rodriques for their alleged involvement in a corrupt hospital contract. Six women and one man were finally selected after all those with […]
Hospital to charge upfront for medicine
(CNS): Starting in the New Year, the George Town hospital pharmacy will be demanding payment upfront for all prescriptions before patients can get their medicines. Hospital officials said that this was part of the Health Service Authority’s efforts to improve collection and address bad debt but it will also undermine the principle that care will […]
Cayman needs to talk about ganja laws
(CNS): The local health authority’s leading psychiatrist, Dr Marc Lockhart, believes the Cayman Islands must start to talk about the medical properties of ganja and the current legislation, which is criminalising young people. Lockhart told an audience at last week’s National Healthcare Conference that the issue of medical marijuana was complex. The active ingredient, THC, can […]
GT hospital is tackling MRSA superbug
(CNS): The George Town hospital has confirmed that it has dealt with some 32 cases of the hospital super-bug MRSA over the last two years. But officials told CNS that the HSA is tackling the super-bug and an infection control surveillance system has been in place since 1990 to identify and track all incidences of […]
TB cases were contracted overseas, officials believe
(CNS): The medical officer of health has said that he does not believe the recent cases of tuberculosis (TB) confirmed at the Cayman Islands Hospital in George Town were contracted in Cayman. Although investigations into how the patients were infected are ongoing, the travel history of the patients indicates that they likely acquired the illness […]
Hospital corruption case stalled by evidence
(CNS): The crown has signalled it could be seeking another delay to the trial schedule in the alleged CarePay hospital corruption case due to be heard in November. Canover Watson and Miriam Rodriguez, who are facing a catalogue of charges in the case, appeared in court Friday when Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions Patrick Moran […]
Officials dodge key point in EMS report
(CNS): Public officials from both the health ministry and authority said they welcomed the independent report by Dr Dan Cass into the medical treatment of Zak Quappe, who died following a serious road crash in 2013. But in official statements following the Quappe family’s release of the document, neither government entity addressed the core issue that […]
EMS missed life-saving chance in high-speed crash
(CNS): The family of Zak Quappe, who was killed in a road crash two years ago, has released the findings of an independent enquiry regarding medical care given to him at the scene of the collision. The report reveals that no attempts were made by paramedics to resuscitate the 21-year-old man, despite standard requirements to […]
Webb charged in local fraud case
(CNS): The former FIFA vice president and local football boss, Jeffrey Webb, has been charged with fraud and breach of trust in relation to the local hospital card payment case. Canover Watson and Miriam Rodrigues are also facing further charges in relation to the ongoing local investigation into the CarePay Card contract, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC)b […]
Hospital sends out call to med students
(CNS): Officials from the Health Services Authority are asking Caymanian students abroad who are training to be doctors to get in touch with the Cayman Islands Hospital to secure a place with the HSA to practice medicine when they return. Making the connection with soon-to-be Caymanian doctors as early as possible is very important to the […]
