Topic: Health Services Authority
Free kidney health screenings available
The Cayman Islands Health Services Authority is offering free health tests to mark Kidney Day next week.
More than 1,000 mourn Bethany Butler
A 6-year-old girl who was fatally stabbed on Grand Cayman last month is mourned across the Caribbean.
Fire, EMS practice for plane crash
Police closed off several roads around the airport Thursday morning for an emergency exercise at the airport.
Watson rebailed in criminal probe
More than two months later, a local businessman arrested in an anti-corruption probe still doesn't know if he'll be charged.
Law: Suspect in child stabbing can be held up to 6 months
A woman suspected of stabbing her 6-year-old daughter to death can be held in hospital for up to six months.
‘Project Future’ committee to implement EY report
The Cayman Islands government’s quest to downsize and improve the local civil service has taken another step forward.
Get your ‘Mo’ on for charity
During “MOvember,” men are encouraged to put away their razors and grow out their best moustache to support the Cayman Islands Cancer Society.
Local group helps to remove stigma of mental illness
The Business and Professional Women’s Club of Grand Cayman is working to remove the stigma that is often associated with mental illness.
Local air ambulance service takes off
Cayman’s first locally based air ambulance is now offering evacuation services to local patients.
Sick tourist sparks Ebola scare
Medics in protective “hazmat” suits transported a sick tourist to hospital on Monday, sparking a brief unfounded Ebola scare in the Cayman Islands.
Donations made to kids’ physiotherapy unit
A number of donations were made by local charity, I AM CO, to assist children receiving treatment at the Cayman Islands Hospital’s physiotherapy department.
Work permit reform under way
Major changes are ahead in the Cayman Islands work permit system.
Taxpayers’ bill doubles to insure retired civil servants
Cayman Islands taxpayers are footing nearly double the bill for retired civil servants when it comes to paying for health insurance premiums.
Ebola field hospital on order
Health officials have 500 “protective suits” and are training an “Ebola care team” in case the deadly virus reaches the Cayman Islands.
Public authorities lose $25M in three years
Public sector entities rack up big financial losses.
Thefts, fraud, mismanagement cited at gov’t authorities
Questionable practices abound within the public sector entities that operate separately from the Cayman Islands civil service.
Officials unveil Cayman’s Ebola plan
Travelers arriving in Grand Cayman who have recently visited West Africa will be assessed by medics and quarantined as part of a new screening process designed to stop the Ebola virus reaching the island.
Health City, CINICO seek deal
The government is in talks with Health City Cayman Islands over local patient referrals.
Movie screening for World Mental Health Day
To mark World Mental Health Day, observed Oct. 10, the Health Services Authority is hosting a free public movie screening of ‘The Soloist,’ at the Cayman Islands Hospital.
Cancer Society donates biopsy machine to hospital
The Cayman Islands Cancer Society has donated a biopsy machine that helps detect cancerous tumors to the Health Services Authority.
CarePay contract: ‘No comment’ not satisfactory
What is the legal justification for the Cayman Islands government pulling the rug out from under its healthcare claims system provider and switching over to another company?
Music therapy program offered at hospital
Some 50 patients have been availing of a music therapy pilot program offered at the Cayman Islands Hospital.
Ministry silent on CarePay contract
Cayman's government refuses to explain a sudden switch in healthcare contractors.
First capping ceremony for UCCI nursing students
Eleven sophomore students from the University College of the Cayman Islands School of Nursing have received their nurses caps.
Police query large payment in CarePay case
More questions arise in the police investigation of the public hospital swipe-card contract.
CarePay profits go to St. Lucia company
Most of the money from Cayman's swipe-card hospital payment system went to a foreign company.
CINICO changes providers amid CarePay controversy
A contract dispute brews over the Cayman Islands government healthcare system patient swipe cards.
AIS: System should cut ‘bad debts’
A hospital patient swipe-card system should have reduced Cayman's bad debts from medical bills, according to the company that implemented it.
Open records law use increasing
The use of Cayman's Freedom of Information Law appears to be increasing in popularity.
Civil servants debate EY report
Civil servants gather to debate the benefits and drawbacks of outsourcing government functions and public sector downsizing.
Right to Know Week 2014: Everything you ever wanted to know about government …
One of the things we hear people say all the time at the Information Commissioner’s Office is “if only someone would make an FOI request about that...” - whatever “that” may be. Well, why don’t you?
New pharmacy system launched at public hospital
The Health Services Authority has implemented a new pharmacy system at the hospital Tuesday, which may improve wait times for clients, according to health officials.
Going-out-of-business sale needed now for government
The only thing worse than a sprawling public sector bureaucracy is a sprawling public sector bureaucracy masquerading as, and competing with, the private sector.
FIFA suspends Watson over criminal probe
FIFA temporarily suspends a Cayman Islands businessman from its audit committee.
Immediate outsourcing plan: Cut 200 jobs, save $2m plus
Government has 18 areas where jobs could be outsourced in the short term, a consultant's report concludes.
Report backs civil service co-pays, CINICO expansion
Civil servants and private sector workers would both pay more for healthcare if government adopts certain recommendations from a consultant report.
EY report: Gov’t should sell assets, outsource services
The potential sale of $65 million worth of government land and the outsourcing of all public sector medical operations were among the recommendations made for the short-to-medium term in a government consultant’s report released Tuesday afternoon.
FIFA wants answers in Watson probe
FIFA, the international governing body of world football, has taken an interest in last month’s arrest of Cayman Islands businessman Canover Watson in connection with an alleged corruption and money laundering probe.
Public bodies exempt from austerity
Government agencies could be undermining efforts to cut the overall cost of the public sector, two senior civil servants warned on Wednesday.
Canover Watson denies corruption
Cayman Islands businessman Canover Watson has denied allegations of corruption made against him.
Canover Watson released on bail
Canover Watson, former chairman of the Cayman Islands Health Services Authority board and prominent Caymanian businessman, was released on bail Thursday evening.
Air ambulance service takes flight
The first Cayman-based air ambulance service will start evacuating patients as early as next month.
Business in brief
A roundup of business briefs from the community.
Mental health resources lacking
Cayman residents suffering from mental illness may not get the care they need due to a lack of insurance coverage, and accessibility to long term care.
Expert gives dialysis unit all-clear
A kidney disease expert has given Cayman’s dialysis unit a clean bill of health after flying in to review the facility following a series of incidents, including the death of a patient while on dialysis.
Health scare in dialysis unit
A kidney disease expert has been flown into Grand Cayman following a series of incidents, including the death of a patient during dialysis treatment, in the past week.
Moms latch on to breastfeeding benefits
Cayman joins international World Breastfeeding Week celebrations.
Jamaica recognizes two for contributions to society
The Jamaican Consulate has recognized Aldingtion Stephenson (aka, Banny) and Danielle Ashley Boothe for their contributions to Jamaica and the Cayman Islands.
Cayman advised of African Ebola outbreak
Cayman healthcare professionals and border control officers are warned about an Ebola outbreak in West Africa.
Mental health system surveyed
Local health officials are working with the World Health Organization to assess Cayman’s mental health system through an assessment.
Cayman close to eliminating mother-to-child transmission of two diseases
Cayman is on the brink of being certified for eliminating mother-to-child transmission of HIV and congenital syphilis.
Chikungunya cases spur strategic talks
The emergence of chikungunya cases in Grand Cayman and Cayman Brac has prompted public health officials to meet to discuss how to tackle the mosquito-borne virus.
EE health clinic temporarily closes
The East End District Health Centre will close on Friday and Saturday for maintainence repairs.
Private ambulance seeks to bolster HSA service
A new ambulance may soon be responding to emergencies in Grand Cayman if an agreement is reached between the Health Services Authority board and a private air ambulance company.
CarePay contract under review
Government may deep-six the current contract for health services patient CarePay swipe cards.
Online poll Tackling Cayman’s growing hospital bill
The $70 million in bad debts owed to the Health Services Authority needs to be clawed back by any means necessary, according to the majority of respondents to our latest poll.
Gov’t ministries, CINICO probe CarePay debacle
CINICO managers and board members are expected to meet with two government ministries Wednesday over burgeoning concerns surrounding the current contract for the public hospital’s “swipe card” system, known as CarePay, and the Jamaica-based company that operates it.
Report: Primary schools dealing with sexual abuse fallout
An increasing number ofprimary school children are displaying “sexualized behavior” as well as reporting allegations of abuse from older men, according to a consultant’s report on Cayman’s schools.
Government ‘working on’ civil service rollover policy
Government leaders are still promising that rollover will eventually hit the civil service.
Gealey graces the big screen
Cayman's own Grace Gealey moves from theater to the big screen and will soon showcase her acting talents alongside a star-studded cast.
Minister: Hospital CarePay system failed to collect
A number of daunting problems are facing the Cayman Islands Health Services Authority as the public health agency tries to collect on massive unpaid patient bills, Health Minister Osbourne Bodden told the Legislative Assembly Thursday.
Cayman under chikungunya alert
Cayman is under a high alert for the outbreak of chikungunya, a mosquito-borne virus, health officials say.
Concerns over HSA CAREPAY contract
The public health system's credit card billing contract comes under scrutiny by lawmakers.
Free HIV testing this week
Free HIV testing will be available for all residents across this week starting today (June 23) and will run until June 28.
Family friendly fitness activities
Cayman's climate makes it easy to incorporate activity into family time, which will improve the family's health and children's concentration and problem solving skills.
Online poll: George Town should be about the people
Making George Town more people friendly is the answer to revitalizing the capital, respondents in a Cayman Compass poll say.
$70 million more: Put it on the tab
How can Cayman's Health Services Authority be owed $70 million in unpaid bills, when more than 90 percent of the population of 55,000 has health insurance?
Sickle Cell Day observed
Today is World Sickle Cell Day.
Health services face $70m in ‘bad debts’ from unpaid bills
Cayman's public hospital system expects to amass a total of $70 million in unpaid bills by mid-2015.
Cancer registry: Voluntary, yes; mandatory, no
Creating a mandatory cancer registry in the Cayman Islands carries more risks to individuals than possible benefits to the greater good.
Therapy, not stigma, for sex offenders
Naming and shaming pedophiles through a sex offender’s register would likely have little effect on the problem and Cayman should concentrate on introducing intervention and treatment programs, says Mental Health Commission Chairman Doctor Marc Lockhart.
World Blood Donor Day this weekend
The Health Services Authority is calling on residents to give blood on World Blood Donor Day, observed worldwide on Saturday, June 14.
