Christmas arrived early for a teenage trauma patient of the Health Services Authority (HSA) who recently received his most memorable gift ever – a new prosthetic limb donated by Laura Ryder, certified prosthetist and orthotist (CPO). Fifteen year old Renaldo Taylor was elated when he arrived at the Cayman Islands Hospital Physiotherapy Department for his

In its latest continued efforts to assist a devastated Anguilla towards recovery from Hurricane Irma, the Health Services Authority (HSA) helped an Anguillan dialysis patient avert a potentially catastrophic medical event with a rare life-saving surgical procedure in the Cayman Islands. Overwhelmed with patients in need of care after sustaining significant damage and loss from

The Health Services Authority (HSA) will be offering free developmental checks for all pre-term babies born before 34 weeks, and who are not yet 18 months old and not actively receiving therapy on a regular basis. The development checks are part of the HSA’s initiatives to commemorate World Prematurity Day which focuses on raising awareness

Protecting our patients’ identity and personal health information is of top priority to the Health Services Authority (HSA). This requires the cooperation of all our patients with providing the correct information when registering for healthcare services at any of our facilities. To ensure the accuracy of patient information, the HSA requires patients to present a

To lay a solid foundation for cancer prevention and management in the Cayman Islands, we first need to understand what cancer trends look like in our population. The Cayman Islands Cancer Registry has been created for this purpose. Until cancer becomes a reportable disease, the cancer registry is asking cancer survivors to share their anonymized

In observation of World Diabetes Day on Tuesday 14 November 2017, the Health Services Authority wishes to inform the public of free health screenings being held in partnership with the Lions Club of Tropical Gardens. The health screenings will include blood sugar, cholesterol, glaucoma and HBA1c testing. Director of Primary Health Care Services Dr. Samuel

Flu Shot Vaccination Programme Continues The 2017/2018 Seasonal Flu shots vaccination programme continues Free Flu Shots are still available as follows: The General Practice Clinic at the Cayman Islands Hospital, and all District Health Centres, from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday . Cayman Islands Hospital Atrium (next to pharmacy) Thursday November 23

As part of this year’s local World AIDS Day activities, the Health Services Authority’s Public Health Department, the Cayman AIDS Foundation and the Cayman Islands Red Cross have collaborated to organize six days of free HIV/AIDS testing dating from November 27 – 2 December, as part of its World AIDS Day Observance. Free HIV testing

A teenager’s generous donation to the Cayman Islands Hospital’s Mental Health Unit during Mental Health Week will help to provide support to mental health patients after their hospital treatment. Thirteen-year-old Sophie Elias, with the assistance of her mother Charmaine Elias, launched a food drive to collect as much food as she could within a month

The Health Services Authority (HSA) and the Seafarer’s Association have entered into a joint Memorandum of Understanding to provide scholarships to two Caymanian doctors employed to the HSA to complete their postgraduate studies in the field of medicine. The Seafarers Association scholarship recipients are Dr Irka Ebanks, who is currently studying Naturopathy and Herbal Medicine