Topic: Human Tissue Transplant Council
Phased approach to transplants could start with live organ donors
Officials say several more requirements need to be met before Cayman medical facilities can carry out organ transplants on island.
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.
EDITORIAL — Work swiftly to approve organ transplantation
We urge officials and council members to work diligently, and quickly, to implement processes and procedures that protect patient safety and ensure high standards of care.
Organ transplants still in limbo
Cayman’s health facilities are still in a holding pattern when it comes to performing organ transplants, despite the fact that government has passed laws and regulations regarding the procedure.
Transplant survivor joins donor board
Robert Hamaty believes he would not be alive today if he had not had a “green card” when he needed a heart transplant in 1996.
Cayman to create organ donor registry
Five years after legislation passed supporting human organ and tissue harvesting and transplants in Cayman, the government has produced regulations to the law that will make it easier for the medical procedures to be performed here.
