The Health Services Authority (HSA), delivering on its duty of care to all patients to ensure that practicable steps are taken to protect patients from health and safety risks whilst on any of its premises, has expanded its Fire Marshal Programme to Cayman Brac. Since the start of the year, 13 staff members of the
The Cayman Islands Health Services Authority’s (HSA’s) Laboratory, in partnership with the Public Health and Forensics Department, is now among an elite group of regional laboratories to be internationally accredited with the full capabilities to test for viral diseases that may pose a threat to public health. With the introduction of this facilitative process, the
A team of nine medical volunteers from the Cayman Islands Health Services Authority (HSA) left the island on Tuesday, 12 September to join the disaster relief efforts to help the thousands of people in Anguilla whose lives have been devastated by Hurricane Irma and the flooding left in its wake. The HSA team includes a
The Health Services Authority (HSA) launched a Patient and Family Advisory Committee on Tuesday, 12 September, as part of its deliberate strategy to enhance the patient experience at all its facilities, improve services, standards, quality of care and raise the public profile of the organisation as the premier healthcare system in the Cayman Islands. The
Cayman Islands Hospital Pharmacist Samantha Conolly received regional recognition at the 37th annual Caribbean Association of Pharmacists (CAP) Conference hosted in Belize in August 2017 for her volunteer work in the advancement of the profession of pharmacy and her service to the executive board of CAP as its second vice president. Ms Conolly’s extensive record
The Cayman Islands Cancer Registry has increased its pool of voluntary enrollees of cancer survivors by a monthly average of 50 percent since the start of 2017, moving the registry one step closer in its efforts to better understanding cancer and developing strategies to mitigate its risks in the Cayman Islands. “This increase in registration
Surgeons at the Cayman Islands Hospital have made medical history on island by performing laparoscopic or “keyhole” surgery on a three-week-old patient suffering from pyloric stenosis, a digestive disorder in newborns, which keeps food from moving into the intestines. Sacha and Fitzroy Miller, parents of newborn patient Sariah Miller, said they became terrified after their
The Health Services Authority (HSA) has opened an Acute Care Clinic for patients with non-emergency medical conditions who still have an immediate need to see a doctor. The Clinic offers these patients a lower cost alternative to the Accident & Emergency (A&E) department at the Cayman Islands Hospital and one that may help to reduce
The Health Services Authority (HSA), as part of its plan to grow the next generation of healthcare professionals, welcomed sixty-five (65) student interns from July 1 to August 31 for a work-study programme that prepares Caymanian students for future careers in healthcare. The annual Summer Internship Programme allows high school students interested in a healthcare
In response to the FDA recall released by the Public Health Department, the Health Services Authority (HSA) has identified Poly Vitamin ‘Baby’ Drops (multivitamins) as the only product being dispensed by the HSA that is impacted by the recall. The HSA has removed all (Major®, Rugby® and Leader® branded) supplies of Poly Vitamin ‘Baby’ Drops