Tag: Sabrina Turner
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 […]
UK public health expert secures CMO job
(CNS): Dr Nick Gent has been appointed as Cayman’s new chief medical officer after an open recruitment process by the Ministry of Health and Wellness, for which there were no local applicants, officials have confirmed. The new CMO, who will start on 3 October, has over 30 years of public health experience, including his most […]
Over two dozen more recruits join up for CI Regiment
(CNS): Twenty-nine men and women who joined the Cayman Islands Regiment in its third round of recruitment have completed two weeks of intense basic military skills training, including first aid, communication and navigation skills, basic water rescue as well as humanitarian and disaster relief skills. This swells the ranks of this military organisation to 110 […]
Health minister down with COVID-19 as cases climb
(CNS): Health Minister Sabrina Turner is the latest member of Cabinet to test positive for COVID-19. The MP for Prospect took a lateral flow test at home Monday morning and is now isolating as she waits for the result of a PCR test to confirm the positive test result, according to a brief release from […]
Prison service marks progress in rehabilitation efforts
(CNS): Her Majesty’s Cayman Islands Prison Service (HMCIPS) has been criticised for many years for its revolving door, partly due to a fundamental lack of investment in proper rehabilitation programmes. However, recent steps to change that include a partnership with the University of the West Indies to deliver education and skills training to inmates.
Exit tests dropped for all in COVID-19 isolation
(CNS): Along with the end of the mask mandate and the pre-arrival negative tests for travellers, the health ministry has confirmed that exit tests for people leaving COVID-19 isolation have also been dropped. Anyone who tests positive with a lateral flow test result is still required to report their result to public health on exploregov.ky and […]
MPs vote CI$8M more for healthcare bills
(CNS): Finance Committee has voted another CI$8 million to cover healthcare costs for Caymanians who are uninsured or under-insured and have been treated outside the Health Services Authority facilities. When the committee met at the end of the last session of Parliament to deal with supplementary spending, health ministry civil servants told MPs that healthcare […]
New minister offers support to fire chief designate
(CNS): Home Affairs Minister Sabrina Turner, who was given the portfolio in April, has offered her support to Chief Fire Officer Designate Randy Rankin, who will take over from CFO Paul Walker when he leaves the Cayman Islands in September. Turner took over responsibility for the Ministry of Home Affairs from Bernie Bush in the […]
‘I should have used my mask’ says health minister
(CNS): Health Minister Sabrina Turner has admitted that she should have worn a face mask when she made “an impromptu” visit to the health clinic on Little Cayman last month and was caught on camera without a face covering. Turner said the clinic was closed when she stopped by to thank the staff and there […]
Mask mandate remains in place, officials warn
(CNS): Restaurants and bars that are telling customers they no longer need to have masks and whose staff are no longer covering their faces are breaking the COVID-19 regulations, Public Health officials have said.
Mask mandate to remain until end of April
(CNS): The government is not yet ready to lift any of its COVID-19 protocols and the health minister has indicated that even school children will need to continue wearing masks until at least the end of April. Sabrina Turner has said that Cabinet is still discussing the mask mandate for indoors, and with the return […]
