GRAND CAYMAN, Cayman Islands, Tuesday April 21, 2015 – Earth Day is celebrated every day at Health City Cayman Islands by implementing an impressive array of planet-friendly initiatives which abound on the well landscaped property. “We were built and will expand with sustainability and safety in mind,” said Shomari Scott, Marketing Director of the tertiary…
CAYMAN ISLANDS (April 9, 2015) – Health City Cayman Islands celebrates its first anniversary of providing quality and affordable healthcare this month. Since the state-of-the-art medical facility received its first patient 12 months ago, Health City brought life to the shared vision of renowned cardiac surgeon Dr. Devi Shetty, and Ascension, the world’s leading non-profit…
Dr. Shetty and Health City Cayman Islands realize Mother Teresa’s wish of high-quality, affordable healthcare for all – regardless of means
CAYMAN ISLANDS (March 1, 2015) – The Caribbean’s newest healthcare facility is venturing into a new partnership to strengthen its identity as the region’s premiere destination for world-class healthcare and medical tourism. Shomari Scott, Marketing Director of Health City Cayman Islands, said that the international hospital’s strategy to attract more travelers seeking medical attention has…
(February 6, 2015) – A United States Air Force veteran is extremely grateful following life-saving emergency cardiac care delivered by Caribbean hospital Health City Cayman Islands. Rod Linkous, a resident of Washington, was on a cruise celebrating his 80th birthday with his wife when he suffered a heart attack the evening before arriving into the…
GRAND CAYMAN (February 3, 2015) – Four children from Haiti have received free life-saving surgery at Health City Cayman Islands, bringing to eight the number of young Haitians who have benefited from Health City’s ongoing commitment to support the tertiary healthcare needs of Caribbean youth. The children included a critically ill 6-year-old girl with severe pulmonary issues,…
Dr. Shetty and Health City Cayman Islands realize Mother Teresa’s wish of high-quality, affordable healthcare for all – regardless of means
GRAND CAYMAN, Cayman Islands (December 1, 2014) – Health City Cayman Islands has performed its second successful LVAD heart surgery, allowing another ailing Caribbean national to move to a new beat. Ralph Wright of the Cayman Islands recently benefited from the complex procedure, which is performed at advanced stages of heart failure when the heart…
(November 6, 2014) – Four young Haitians returned to their home country last week having recently undergone life-saving Adult and Pediatric Cardiac Surgery at Health City Cayman Islands. The youngsters, aged between 6 and 16, travelled to Cayman last month to receive these vital surgeries, which were performed free of charge by Health City cardiac…
(October 29, 2014) – In celebration of Pastoral Care Week, Health City Cayman Islands is pleased to introduce Chaplain Charles D. Bush as the hospital’s Manager – Mission Integration & Spiritual Care. Chaplain Bush, who joined the hospital in June, is an active member of the interdisciplinary healing team at Health City, said Dr. Chandy…
(October 28, 2014) – Health City Cayman Islands, a new, high-tech hospital in the Caribbean, is increasingly seen as a model for US health systems struggling to remain profitable in the face of razor-thin margins and declining reimbursement.Less than two hours by air from Miami, the planned 2,000-bed facility expects to attract American patients with…
(October 23, 2014) – The Cayman Islands Atrial Fibrillation for Elderly (CAFE) stroke prevention study, the first of its kind in the Cayman Islands and the Caribbean, was formally launched October 20th at Health City Cayman Islands in the presence of the Honourable Minister of Health, Youth, Sports and Culture Osbourne Bodden, and Councillor to…
(October 14, 2014) – Approximately 150 students will benefit from internships at Health City Cayman Islands, over the next seven months. Students from Cayman Islands Further Education Center (CIFEC), Clifton Hunter, John Gray high school and other private schools will all get to learn more about opportunities for careers within Cayman’s healthcare industry. Richard Parchment,…
(October 14, 2014) – A young woman from Jamaica is the latest beneficiary of life-enhancing surgery and care provided free of charge by the skilled team of cardiac surgeons at Health City Cayman Islands. “The young woman was suffering, and none of the clinics on the US mainland contacted by her doctor was able to…
(October 13, 2014) – Some diligent research into his options for hip replacement surgery led American Michael Lepley to Health City Cayman Islands, and the experience changed his life for the better. Lepley desperately needed the procedure so he set out to learn all he could about the availability of options in Asia, Latin America…
(October 7, 2014) – Rapid responses from his family and the expert skills of the Health City Cayman Islands medical team are credited with saving the life of an American tourist. During their “dream” vacation, Ric Walton of Colorado was on a ferry boat to Stingray City with his family when he collapsed. Fortunately, Mr….
(September 30, 2014) – Doctors at Health City Cayman Islands are interested in screening anyone aged 65 or older to ensure that Cayman’s older population are properly aware of their risk of having a stroke. The information from the screenings will be used to compile a history-making stroke prevention study, called the Cayman Islands Atrial…
(September 29, 2014) – Dr. Chandy Abraham, Head of Medical Services and Facility Director, and Health City are the focus of a recent Healthcare Elsewhere Podcast, a medical tourism show and podcast featuring interviews with doctors, healthcare experts, and medical travellers worldwide who seek healthcare solutions abroad. Listen to Dr. Chandy as he discusses Health…
WASHINGTON, DC (September 24, 2014) – The Caribbean’s newest medical facility was the subject of much interest at the World Medical Tourism and Global Healthcare Congress held in the Washington, DC area this week. At the Caribbean and Island Ministerial Summit of the conference, the invitation-only audience reviewed an exclusive presentation on Health City Cayman…
(September 14, 2014) – One of the Caribbean’s newest medical facilities will be introduced to the world as an excellent Caribbean contribution to the rapidly expanding medical tourism landscape at a major global meeting this month. Health City Cayman Islands will be offered up as a center of excellence for medical tourism and destination healthcare…
(September 11th, 2014) – Health City Cayman Islands celebrated a key facility milestone in September having completed more than 600 radiology investigations including more than 100 MRI studies and 100 CT studies.
(September 9, 2014) – Health City Cayman Islands is delighted to announce the hiring of its first Caymanian doctor, Dr. Irka Ebanks, marking a milestone for the hospital. Dr. Ebanks studies consisted of four years at the University of the West Indies Mona Campus in Kingston, Jamaica followed by one year at the University of…
(September 4, 2014) – The first shoulder replacement surgery at Health City Cayman Islands was performed recently on a local resident by Dr. Alwin Santiago Almeida, Head of the hospital’s Department of Orthopedics & Sports Medicine. The department is fully operational and has seen close to 70 patients since April, including total and partial knee…
(August 8, 2014) – Health City Cayman Islands celebrated a key facility milestone on August 8th having performed 50 Cathlab procedures shortly after performing the hospital’s first such procedure in April.
(August 21, 2014) – A Caribbean man suffering from heart failure now has a new lease on life following the successful installation of an artificial heart pump (LVAD – Left Ventricular Assist Device) by the medical team at the recently opened Health City Cayman Islands. Believed to be the first such treatment performed in the…
(June 27, 2014) – A 55 year old female cruise ship passenger has been treated at Health City Cayman Islands for a suspected heart attack, enabling her to receive speedy attention for her condition that has been crucial to her successful recovery. The patient, from Sarasota, Florida USA, was visiting Grand Cayman during a cruise…
(July 29, 2014) – A new medical facility in the Caribbean is offering affordable, world-class services to its neighbours as an alternative to the rising health care costs typically found throughout the region and North America. Founded by Narayana Health’s Dr. Devi Shetty, a philanthropist and personal physician of the late Mother Teresa, Health City…
(June 2, 2014) – Doctors at Health City Cayman Islands have successfully completed their first electrophysiology study (EPS) and radiofrequency ablation (RFA) on a patient from Trinidad and Tobago. These highly specialised procedures would normally require a trip to the United States for the patient and is the first of its kind to be performed…
(July, 22, 2014) – While the heads of seven Overseas Territories (OT) met in Cayman last week, Cayman Islands Government leaders took the opportunity to showcase what is anticipated to become a beacon of healthcare for the region, Health City Cayman Islands. The leaders, who were meeting to discuss a collective approach to priority issues…
GRAND CAYMAN, Cayman Islands (July 24, 2014) – A key milestone in the history of medicine in the Cayman Islands was achieved last week with the country’s first ever Adult and Pediatric Cardiac Surgery and first CABG (Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery) performed. The patient, a 65 year old woman with diabetes and high blood pressure…
Health City offers internships for Caymanian students
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