The Cayman Islands Health Services Authority (HSA) is enhancing its blood diseases and cancer care services with the recruitment of a full-time medical haematologist-oncologist. The addition of a specialist with the ability to diagnose and treat blood cancers, blood disorders (eg. anaemia), bleeding conditions (eg. haemophilia), blood clots, as well as solid cancers, has made comprehensive cancer care

For World Breastfeeding Week this year, the Health Services Authority (HSA) in partnership with the Cayman Islands Breastfeeding Support Group is encouraging parents in Cayman to become empowered with the information and resources they need to realise their breastfeeding goals. Celebrated every year from 1 to 7 August, World Breastfeeding Week encourages breastfeeding and improves

Three physicians of the Cayman Islands Health Services Authority (HSA) have obtained their Doctorate of Medicine in Family Medicine at the HSA, which is accredited by the University of the West Indies (UWI) as a postgraduate training facility for the doctorial level degree. By completing their degrees Drs Glaister Bell, Carmen Martinez and Lorna Jackson

  A donation from Rotary Central Cayman Islands will help the Cayman Islands Health Services Authority (HSA) improve life-saving treatment of critical patients having difficulty breathing due to obstruction in their airways. The service club generously donated three new video laryngoscopes to the Cayman Islands Hospital Accident and Emergency, Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and Critical

View the free HIV Testing Schedule The Health Services Authority (HSA), Cayman AIDS Foundation and Cayman Islands Red Cross will once again join forces in coordinating activities to mark HIV Testing Week to be observed in the Cayman Islands from 24-29 June. This is in support of the National Testing Day and Regional HIV Testing

  The Cayman Islands Health Services Authority (HSA) Chemotherapy Unit has upgraded its cold cap therapy with a scalp cooling system that will improve efficiency of the treatment and provide a more comfortable experience for patients hoping to prevent or reduce the loss of their hair as a result of chemotherapy. Donated by the Breast

  With a decrease in blood and blood product importation and an increase in the number of local blood donors, the Cayman Islands Blood Bank confirmed that the country is moving in the right direction towards universal access to safe blood transfusion. Five hundred and sixteen lives were saved or improved in 2018 as a

  With a donation of approximately $38,000 from the Cayman Islands Cystic Fibrosis Trust, the Cayman Islands Health Services Authority (HSA) acquired a state-of-the-art respiratory machine that improves the diagnosis and treatment for patients with breathing and chronic lung problems. The new technology is an all-in-one respiratory function test solution that guarantees highly accurate results