Tag: Shomari Scott
Enforcement of new basic wage will pose challenge
(CNS): Compliance and enforcement will present a “major, major challenge” for the agency responsible when the new minimum wage is rolled out, the body created to review the existing regime has warned. The chairperson of the Minimum Wage Advisory Committee, Lemuel Hurlston, said that he and his members suspect that the labour department is not […]
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.
Businesses want mask mandate dropped
(CNS): Shomari Scott, the President of the Chamber of Commerce, has called on the government to lift the indoor mask mandate for all retail establishments given the high vaccination rates and the relatively low number of hospitalizations as a result of COVID-19. But the number of SARS-CoV-2 infections has been steadily increasing over the last […]
Health City breaks ground on new $100M hospital
(CNS): Government officials and Dart executives were out in force Thursday morning for the official ‘golden shovel’ moment when Health City Cayman Islands, the hospital founded by world-renowned Indian heart surgeon, Devi Shetty, broke ground on a new facility south of Camana Bay. The new 70,000 sqft state-of-the-art hospital will be built on three acres […]
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 […]
Marketing expert to lead Education Council
(CNS): Shomari Scott, the chief business officer at Health City and former DoT director, has been appointed as chair of the Education Council. His appointment comes at a time when the minister is investing heavily in education, including a significant increase in scholarships and free meals for all students, and as government schools are beginning […]
Location choice a lesson for Health City
(CNS): The Health City Cayman Islands management team has no regrets about opening the state-of-the-art hospital in East End but the location has proved to be the biggest lesson learned since the hospital opened seven years ago, Shomari Scott, the chief business officer at HCCI, said Friday. And so, with plans for a new state-of-the-art […]
1,000s of PPE kits and test swabs arrive
(CNS): A shipment of 30,000 personal protective equipment (PPE) kits, vital for front-line healthcare workers treating COVID-19 patients, and 52,000 swabs necessary to testing for the virus arrived in Cayman Thursday. With both in short supply, the PPE kits made their way here with the help of Health City Cayman Islands, while the Dart facilitated […]
