Topic: HSA Pharmacy

A hospital pharmacy closed down in April after equipment used to extract fumes from the manufacture of chemotherapy medicines was found be not connected to the ventilation system reopened on Wednesday. The Health Services Authority added it had also moved the preparation of the medicines to the George Town Hospital's chemotherapy department "designated cleanroom" for safety reasons, although tests had shown there was no "hazardous contamination" detected in the pharmacy.

Cayman's Health Services Authority has sent its Chief Pharmacist on required leave and terminated the employment of one of its pharmacy staffers as it investigates allegations of breaches in its procedures and controls at its pharmacy.