Medical and Health
Handmade benches donated for HSA patients
(CNS): Patients of the Cayman Islands Health Services Authority (HSA) chemotherapy unit and Merren’s Health Centre now enjoy additional seating due to a joint initiative by the Rotary Club of Grand Cayman Sunrise and HMP Northward. Three crafted and varnished benches were donated to the facilities in an initiative spearheaded by Rotary Sunrise in partnership […]
Water Authority joins Lions fight against male cancers
(CNS): Water Authority-Cayman is again supporting the Lions Club of Grand Cayman by sponsoring the fifth Annual Delano Hislop Memorial Journey For Life, through a $2,500 donation. The 15-mile walk/run, which aims to raise awareness about prostate and colon cancer, is scheduled to take place Sunday, 11 September 2016. PACCE (Prostate and Colon Cancer Event) […]
New therapy reduces hair loss in chemo patients
(CNS): The Health Services Authority (HSA) chemotherapy unit is offering a special therapy that may help prevent or reduce hair loss among chemo patients. The Breast Cancer Foundation (BCF) recently donated 50 hypothermia caps, also known as “cold caps” and a biometric freezer to the unit. The caps will be used for scalp hypothermia, a […]
Motorised carts at supermarkets
Do local supermarkets have or are they required to have motorised shopping carts? Auntie’s answer: A government official who deals with access issues said at the moment there is no legal requirement for supermarkets to offer “personal assistive units” to enable disabled customers to shop on their own, but thought that the stores would, on their […]
Nurses focus on leadership at annual conference
(CNS): Nurses from across the Cayman Islands networked and shared their expertise at the 10th annual International Nursing Conference. Hosted by the Cayman Islands Nursing Association (CINA), the conference, held 28-30 June at the Grand Cayman Marriott Beach Resort, was themed “Leadership is Every Nurse’s Business”. The event attracted nurses from different areas of specialisations […]
Health City and NWDA launch training initiative
(CNS): Health City Cayman Islands and the National Workforce Development Agency (NWDA) have collaborated on an innovative programme aimed at providing young Caymanians the opportunity to become qualified support-level healthcare administrators. Degrees and careers in the medical field are a top priority for the Government but many Caymanians are unaware of all the other rewarding […]
Cayman recognises World Sickle Cell Day
(CNS): The Cayman Islands once again joined the United Nations observance of World Sickle Cell Day on 19 June, established in 2009 to help raise awareness of the disease as a public health concern. While screening for sickle cell disease has been in place since the early 1970s for high-risk families, and since the 1980s […]
Free HIV tests offered as part of awareness campaign
(CNS): Members of the public are being encourage to take advantage of free HIV tests next week as the local health authority joins forces with the Cayman AIDS Foundation and the Cayman Islands Red Cross to mark HIV Testing week from 20 to 25 June, which includes the Regional HIV Testing Day (RTD) on 24 […]
Regional NGO begins drive for bone-marrow donors
(CNS): With only 400 people in the entire Caribbean region who are registered bone-marrow donors, a regional non-governmental organisation is launching a Caribbean-wide donor drive aiming to boost the numbers of registered people to 1000 by the end of this year. Arthur Dunk, the Caribbean Bone Marrow Registry Director, said a bone marrow transplant is […]
Airline donates iPads to children’s ward
(CNS): The young patients at the Cayman Islands Hospital paediatric ward now have iPads to entertain themselves. Cayman Airways recently donated five of these “gently used” devices, which were initially employed by pilots as electronic flight bags, to the unit. Juan Valerio, supervisor of technical publications at the airline, presented the iPads to the ward. “The paediatric […]
DG’s Challenge raises $60K for new ambulance
(CNS): The 2016 DG’s 5K Challenge raised $60,000 towards Cayman Heart Fund’s appeal to buy a new ambulance. The total is $10,000 more than the goal Deputy Governor Franz Manderson set for the event, which was held in April. “I always say that I want the civil service to exceed expectations and I am very […]
Minister’s message for World No Tobacco Day
Premier and Minister for Health Alden McLaughlin: I am pleased that the Cayman Islands is once again marking World No Tobacco Day, along with the World Health Organisation (WHO) and its partners around the globe. Smoking remains one of the leading causes of preventable illness and premature death and impoverishment worldwide, and the tobacco epidemic is one of the […]
Heart surgery saves motorcycle-accident victim
(CNS): A young Caymanian who suffered life-threatening injuries as the result of a motorcycle accident is recovering after heart surgery at Health City Cayman Islands. John Miller III, 25, arrived at the hospital in critical condition with a traumatic aortic injury. Typically, only 10 percent of people with such an injury make it to a […]
Young Caymanians to work on GM mosquito release
(CNS): Oxitec, the biotechnology company producing genetically modified mosquitos, has hired four young people, including three Caymanians, to work on a pioneering project launched in Cayman earlier this month to control the insects. Cayman’s Mosquito Research and Control Unit (MRCU) has rolled out this initiative in collaboration with Oxitec, and aims to combat the dangerous Aedes aegypti […]
Law firm supports Cayman HospiceCare
(CNS): Cayman HospiceCare has received another donation toward setting up a multi-purpose inpatient and operations facility in their new building. Law firm Conyers Dill & Pearman has donated $6,000, continuing their support of the non-profit organisation which is devoted to caring for those suffering from end-stage terminal diseases as well as their families. Over the […]
Fundraiser drives donations to Breast Cancer Foundation
(CNS): This year’s Island Heritage CharityDrive, held 23 April, raised more than $25,000 for the Breast Cancer Foundation. On the day, the Cayman community drove, clicked and plunged their way into supporting the charity during the fifth annual fundraising event, where the amount donated depends on the level of support displayed through a series of […]
Community comes out to boost DG’s charity event
(CNS): Walkers and runners turned out in force Sunday, 24 April, for the 2016 Deputy Governor’s 5K Challenge, raising money to help Cayman Heart Fund buy a new ambulance. The early-morning charity challenge attracted more than 1,000 registered participants and a large crowd of cheering well-wishers.
Premier urges parents to ensure kids are vaccinated
(CNS): With the start of Vaccination Week on Saturday, 23 April, Premier and Minister of Health Alden McLaughlin is urging parents to check their children’s immunisation records and to ensure that they are up to date. Cayman will join other countries in the Americas in observing the 14th Vaccination Week in the region. This year, […]
