Topic: Health City Cayman Islands
Health City helps explore careers
In an initiative that has been running since 2014, Health City is invested in training Caymanians to work in healthcare and life sciences.
Health City opens specialised atrial fibrillation clinic
The Atrial Fibrillation Clinic, led by Dr. Ravi Kishore, chief interventional cardiologist and electrophysiologist at Health City, provides a one-stop, coordinated approach to early diagnosis, stroke risk assessment and long-term management of atrial fibrillation.
Holistic health highlighted at Camana Bay Wellness Expo
The Camana Bay Wellness Expo on 21 Feb. offered a large variety of activities ranging from health screenings to creative activities.
Health City’s parent company acquires UK healthcare provider
Health City Cayman Islands has announced the acquisition of Practice Plus Group by its parent company, Narayana Health.
Health City rebrands youth programme
Health City Cayman Islands has rebranded its flagship youth programme as Health City Explorers to strengthen the initiative's connection to the medical facility and enhance brand recognition among local families.
Shetty: ‘AI will make hospitals safer and smarter’
Cayman is ideally placed to take advantage of an artificial intelligence revolution that will transform healthcare over the next two decades, according to the medical entrepreneur behind Health City.
What’s Hot: Green Tie Gala, Catwalk for Cancer and Scotiabank Women’s Day luncheon
Take a look at some of Cayman's recent hottest events, including Green Tie Gala, Catwalk for Cancer, and Scotiabank's Women's Day luncheon.
Fashion show raises more than $42,000 for Cancer Society
The annual fashion fundraiser, Catwalk for Cancer, held at the Paseo in Camana Bay on Thursday, 20 March, raised more than $42,000 for the Cayman Islands Cancer Society, organisers said.
Import duty refund granted for Doctors Hospital
The Cayman Islands government has agreed to refund Doctors Hospital $300,000 in import duty that it paid on medical equipment.
Cayman 56 hospital beds short of global benchmark but more on the way
Health and Wellness Minister Sabrina Turner told Parliament on Monday that while Cayman has fewer hospital beds than the benchmark cited by World Health Organization, it nonetheless has enough beds to cater to the islands' growing population.
Expected go-ahead for kidney transplants in Cayman ‘could change lives’
World Kidney Day today comes with the welcome news that Cayman is moving closer to having its first on-island kidney transplant – more than a decade after lawmakers passed legislation to make such operations legal here.
Catwalk for Cancer raises $30,000
The Paseo at Camana Bay was alive with fashion, colour and community spirit as the Cayman Islands Cancer Society hosted its fourth annual Catwalk for Cancer fundraiser which pulled in a record $30,000 for the non-profit.
Health City Cayman Islands Leads the Way in ‘Dementia-Friendly’ Care
In a pioneering move, Health City Cayman Islands is the first medical facility in the Cayman Islands on its way to offering comprehensive ‘dementia-friendly’ care.
Health City targets Bahamian medical tourism market in new deal
Health City Cayman Islands has signed a deal with a healthcare group in the Bahamas that aims to bring Bahamian patients to Cayman instead of the US.
New health and wellness hub planned for Camana Bay
Dart plans to build and open a three-storey, 60,000-square-foot, purpose-built health and wellness centre in Camana Bay by 2026.
Partnership with US cancer institute marks milestone for Health City
Health City Cayman Islands has announced a collaboration with the renowned US-based Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, which the East End hospital described as a major milestone in its provision of cancer care for Cayman Islands patients locally and overseas.
Caregivers empowered to look after Cayman seniors
Caregivers across the island are easing the stress associated with looking after a senior, and taking better care of themselves, with the help of a series of seminars being held as part of Older Persons Month activities.
Health City surgeons save mother and baby with identical heart defects
A teenage mother and her baby are now living normal lives after undergoing life-saving surgeries on the same day at Health City Cayman Islands where a medical team repaired a hole in each of their hearts.
Grateful to Health City
Kudos to Dr. Sunku Guptha and his team at Health City for helping my husband, Joseph Caputo, when he was admitted there in June....
OceanMed makes waves in robotic-assisted surgery
May 7th 2023 marks the one-year anniversary of the first robotic-assisted surgery in the Cayman Islands, performed by OceanMed’s consultant physician Dr. David Stone, through a partnership with Health City Cayman Islands. Since then, Dr. Stone, OB/GYN and Head of Urogynecology at OceanMed, has worked to raise awareness of robotic surgical procedures on-island and its exceptional results.
Health City developer and entrepreneur Gene Thompson dies at 59
Tributes have flooded in for entrepreneur and developer Gene Thompson, the man who helped bring Health City to the Cayman Islands, who died Tuesday, aged 59, after a long battle with cancer.
Health City expands with specialist medical partnership
Health City Cayman Islands has expanded its medical practice, which will see the hospital move into ear, nose and throat medical services for Cayman-based patients.
Doctors urge community to report cases to cancer registry
Local Oncologists Dr. Lundie Richards and Dr. Vineetha Binoy have said with cancer cases continuing to rise it is important now to consider implementing mandatory reporting to the Cayman Islands Cancer registry.
Health ministry: Only HSA authorised to take emergency ambulance cases
The only hospital on island authorised to take emergency ambulance cases is the Health Services Authority's Cayman Islands Hospital, meaning Health City is not approved to accept such cases, according to the Ministry of Health and Wellness.
Rado: Doctors Hospital was invited to ‘join the club’
Doctors Hospital is celebrating what it regards as a major victory in the judicial review it brought to court challenging tax concessions for Health City and the designation of medical facilities in Cayman.
Bike death raises questions on where ambulances take emergency cases
The death Sunday of motorbike racer Kashwayne McKenzie, who was taken by ambulance from Bodden Town to the Cayman Islands Hospital in George Town, has again raised public debate over why emergency cases that occur in the eastern districts are transported to the much closer Health City in East End.
Health City says it has availed of $15 million in concessions
Health City Cayman Islands says it has availed of a total of US$15 million in concessions on import duty and work-permit fee waivers in the five years following its opening in 2014.
Court: Grant of decades-long duty waivers for Health City was ‘inappropriate’
A Grand Court judge has described as "inappropriate" the granting of decades-long duty, stamp and work permit fee waivers, worth hundreds of millions of dollars, to Health City Cayman Islands in 2010.
Health City Cayman Islands marks eight years of service and innovation
On the heels of a groundbreaking ceremony for Health City Camana Bay, officials at renowned Caribbean hospital Health City Cayman Islands are taking a moment to celebrate eight years of operation as one of the region’s leading tertiary care providers.
Gov’t lawyer: Long-term duty waivers important for inward investment
Cabinet's ability to grant wide-ranging, long-term duty waivers is necessary to help attract major inward investment to the Cayman Islands, according to the lawyer representing government in Doctors Hospital's challenge to Health City's decades-long concessions deal.
Doctors Hospital challenges Health City concessions deal
Current and future governments are not bound by deals signed by the previous United Democratic Party and Progressive-led administrations granting hundreds of millions in tax waivers and concessions to new hospital projects, the Grand Court heard on Wednesday.
Medical and Dental Society gives green tick to ‘Principal List’ medical staff
As the Grand Court prepares to hear a legal challenge relating to the hiring of 'institutionally registered' medical practitioners, the Cayman Islands Medical and Dental Society has launched a campaign encouraging people to educate themselves about which medical staff are on the 'Principal List' and which are on the 'Institutional List'.
Local hospitals assure adequate PCR testing supplies on island, as demand increases
Cayman has enough supplies of PCR tests on island to meet the recent increase in demand for COVID-19 tests, even as residents flock to local testing stations for screening, local hospitals have assured.
Camana Bay Health City hospital approved
The Central Planning Authority has approved Health City Cayman Islands' application to build a new 57-bed hospital in Camana Bay.
Court grants Doctors Hospital leave to continue with legal action
The Grand Court has given Doctors Hospital permission to move ahead with a judicial review challenging how the government grants an 'institutional' designation to medical facilities.
Legal challenge over government medical designations
Doctors Hospital is seeking a judicial review to challenge the practice in the Cayman Islands of allowing 'institutionally registered' medical professionals to practise without having to adhere to the same criteria as healthcare workers in other facilities.
Health City’s new hospital moves forward
In a few weeks, Health City Cayman Islands will be presenting plans for its new $100 million hospital project earmarked for Camana Bay, with the hope that shovels will hit the ground in September.
Health City significantly grows outpatient numbers and revenue
The quarterly operating revenues of Health City Cayman Islands increased by 30.6% to US$18.5 million year-on-year.
Health City opens Brac clinic
Health City Cayman Islands opened its new Cayman Brac clinic in Stake Bay last week.
Health City and Dart to build $100 million hospital in Camana Bay
Health City Cayman Islands and Dart have announced plans to build a $100 million hospital, specialising in cancer and neo-natal intensive care, in Camana Bay.
Cayman has made giant strides in ‘healthcare security’
Significant leaps forward in Cayman’s healthcare capacity helped the islands weather the storm of COVID-19 far better than it may have done a decade ago.
Dr. Devi Shetty featured in Netflix documentary
Founder of Health City Cayman Islands Dr. Devi Shetty will be featured on a BBC-produced documentary, 'The Surgeon’s Cut', which premieres on Netflix on Wednesday, 9 Dec.
Health City, Doctors Hospital opening satellite centres in Camana Bay
Health City and Doctors Hospital are opening medical centres in Camana Bay.
Health City parent company posts quarterly loss
Indian hospital group Narayana Health, parent company of Health City Cayman Islands, reported a consolidated net loss of INR1.2 billion (US$16.0 million) in second-quarter 2020 compared with net profit of INR300.2 million (US$4.05 million) in the same quarter last year.
30,000 PPE kits arrive in Cayman from China
A shipment of 30,000 personal protective equipment (PPE) kits arrived in the Cayman Islands from China on Thursday as part of efforts to ensure the continued safety of the islands' frontline health workers.
Average age of Cayman COVID-19 patients is 43
COVID-19 has affected residents of all ages in the Cayman Islands, with confirmed cases so far impacting individuals ages 14-84, a group of local doctors from Cayman’s three major hospitals told the press Thursday morning.
Recovered nurse shares COVID-19 experience
A Health City Cayman Islands nurse talks about her battle with and recovery from coronavirus.
Health City reopens for emergency cases
Health City Cayman Islands, which shut its doors earlier this month after some of its staff were infected with coronavirus by the island's first COVID-19 patient, reopened for emergency and critical care patients Friday.
Health City following ‘strict infection controls’
Health City Cayman Islands has issued assurances that patients are being monitored and strict protocols are being followed as the hospital lockdown continued
Health City temporarily closes as staff are tested for coronavirus
Chief Medical Officer Dr. John Lee has said some members of staff at Health City Cayman Islands have fallen ill “what is presumed to be COVID-19.”
Young girl travels to Cayman for life-changing surgery
A 7-year-old Bolivian girl suffering from tiredness, fatigue, and repeated infections was the first paediatric cardiology patient from the Amazon to be treated at...
Health City breaks ground for new cancer centre
Health City Cayman Islands breaks gorund for its new cancer centre, the first of its kind in the region.
Narayana Health makes Fortune list
Fortune has included the parent company of Health City Cayman Islands, Narayana Health, on its list of the world's most innovative healthcare providers in...
Cayman’s hospitals prepare medical supplies for Bahamas
Cayman’s medical community banded together on Thursday to prepare a shipment of supplies for the storm-ravaged people of the Bahamas. Representatives of the Health Services Authority, CTMH Doctors Hospital and Health City Cayman Islands all contributed to the effort to send supplies.
New convenience store at Health City
Visitors to Health City in East End can now avail themselves of more than healthcare.
Shetty: Cayman can be ‘capital of medical tourism’
The man behind Health City Cayman Islands, Dr. Devi Shetty was in Grand Cayman last week to speak with government leaders and outline his vision for the future of medical tourism in the region.
Evans family unveils bench in honour of baby Nolan
The Evans family – parents Sean and Ailian and daughter Ashlyn – paid tribute to their son and brother Nolan on Saturday by installing a bench in his memory at Health City Cayman Islands.
Surgery saved man stabbed in liver
For one man, the pageantry of Batabano this year quickly dissolved into a struggle for survival.
CIBC FirstCaribbean opens branch at Health City
CIBC FirstCaribbean’s opened a new branch at Health City in East End on 12 June with a ribbon cutting ceremony with executives, directors, government officials and guests.
The changing face of Cayman’s workforce: 130 nationalities now in country
When Dr. Binoy Chattuparambil first touched down in the Cayman Islands, the thing that struck him was the traffic and the noise. There was not any.
Health City donates to NFL Alumni
Health City Cayman Islands has donated $20,000 to ‘Caring for Kids’ programme, which is under the umbrella of the National Football League Alumni Association.
EDITORIAL – Health tourism: Just what the doctor ordered
As word continues to spread about Cayman’s excellent healthcare and wellness network, we expect many more health and wellness visitors will find their way here – bringing significant financial and reputational benefits.
Health City reaches out to Cayman student body
The next generation of Cayman health professionals may come from the local student population.
Health City celebrates World Sleep Day
Science is still studying how people can get their best night’s sleep.
Column: The opportunities and challenges of health tourism
The not-for-profit Global Wellness Institute estimates that international wellness visitors spent 53 per-cent more than the average international tourist in 2017 ...
Health City boosts profit margin of parent company
Narayana Hrudayalaya, the Indian parent company of Health City Cayman Islands, reported a 32 percent increase in revenue due to the consolidation of the East End-based multi-specialty hospital and growth in other new hospitals.
Medical emergency interrupts trial
The trial of five immigration officers and two civilians was interrupted on Wednesday when the man serving as Spanish-language interpreter had a medical emergency. Witnesses said court recessed at 10:56 a.m. after the man indicated a need to go to the hospital. Earlier he had asked for cold water, which one of the defendants provided to him.
Health City opens expanded intensive care unit
Trauma patients will now have a better chance of surviving, said Health City officials, as they unveiled an expansion of their medical intensive care unit on Monday morning with a ribbon-cutting.
Health City partners with NFL Alumni
Health City Cayman Islands is bringing its services to former professional American football players in a partnership with NFL Alumni.
Hospitals offering hair loss treatments for cancer patients
Hospitals throughout Cayman are offering cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy treatment “cold cap” therapies that assist with hair loss reduction.
‘Mr. Parker’ honored at Chamber awards dinner
When Keith Parker Tibbetts Jr. opened his auto-parts store on North Sound Road in the 1970s, the area was not the booming industrial park that it is today.
Dr. Shetty named as chairman of management college
Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty, chairman of Narayana Health and founder of Health City Cayman Islands, has been appointed chairman of the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore Board of Governors.
