Topic: Health Services Authority CEO Lizzette Yearwood
Government working on national cancer policy
The government is drawing up a national cancer policy to help tackle the disease which is the second leading cause of death in Cayman.
Rotary Central donates mobile blood collection unit to HSA
In a major step toward enhancing national blood security and access to lifesaving care, on 11 June, Rotary Central Cayman Islands handed over a...
Annual healthcare conference to focus on doctor-patient relationship
Organisers of the annual Cayman Islands Healthcare Conference have announced it will take place this year from 26-28 Oct. at The Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman under the theme 'Bridging the Gap Between Patient and Practitioner; Pathways to Optimal Health'.
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.
Genome sequencing advances COVID fight
Cayman’s ability to conduct genome sequencing is not only a pivotal leap forward for the local COVID response, it could also help give the jurisdiction the edge it needs to be added to the UK’s ‘green’ travel list.
702 calls made to flu hotline
A total of 170 people have made use of the Health Services Authority’s flu clinic, which was created to separate patients with respiratory conditions from the general public as part of government’s COVID-19 response.









