St. Lucia PM visits Cayman Islands Medical Centre and hurricane-ravaged Turks and Caicos
As the Government of Saint Lucia works towards developing and improving various aspects of Saint Lucia’s health sector and explores the area of medical tourism, officials have been examining different models and health institutions in other countries. Prime Minister Honourable…
Health City Cayman Islands performs brain surgery with patient awake
CAYMAN ISLANDS (September 15, 2017) – In a first for the English-speaking Caribbean, neurosurgeons at Health City Cayman Islands have successfully performed another advanced procedure by surgically removing part of a brain tumor while the patient was awake. The procedure…
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USS Lincoln heads home after Irma relief effort
By MarEx From The Maritime Executive The U.S. Navy has ordered the carrier USS Abraham Lincoln to return to Norfolk, Virginia after a one-week mission to provide aid to the Florida Keys. The Keys were hit hard by Hurricane Irma,…
Helmet to help the blind
Smart helmet invented by college students could help the blind ‘see’ with laser radar BY YVETTE TAN From mashable These college students could be onto something big. Five students from China have developed a smart helmet that could aid the…
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BVI disaster management department issues first post-hurricane report
September 14, 2017 ROAD TOWN, BVI — The British Virgin Islands Department of Disaster Management issued its first post-hurricane report on Wednesday: 1. The event Hurricane Irma, a destructive category 5, impacted the territory on September 6, 2017, with winds…
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Florida Governor vows aggressive probe of Irma nursing home deaths
By Andrew Innerarity and Ricardo Ortiz From OAN HOLLYWOOD, Fla./SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (Reuters) – Florida Governor Rick Scott vowed on Wednesday that the state would aggressively investigate how six people died at a nursing home that lost power when…
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In Irma recovery, Caribbean Islands on unequal footing
BY GREG SCRUGGS From Americas Quarterly Storm devastation is partly a matter of chance. But the islands’ kaleidoscope of governing structures will affect how they rebuild. As Hurricane Irma blew through the Caribbean last week, it passed over a mishmash…
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Cayman Islands delivers aid, UK Minister in Anguilla
GRAND CAYMAN, Cayman Islands – The Cayman Islands Government’s work with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to help provide needed security and humanitarian assistance to sister British Overseas Territories is paying off. United Kingdom Foreign Minister Boris Johnson landed on…
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Cayman Islands Government mounts humanitarian mission to Anguilla
A Cayman Airways jet chartered by the Cayman Islands Government set off at1 p.m. today (Tuesday, 12 September 2017) on a humanitarian mission to Anguilla. The two-and-a-half-hour flight on the 737-300 was loaded with critical medicines, medical supplies, shelter materials…
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Cayman Islands Community unites for Childhood Cancer Research
George Town, Grand Cayman, September 13 2017 Over 1,000 people are expected to gather at the Wicket in Cricket Square next Friday [22] evening to witness the 5th Annual Hannah’s Heroes Big Shave for the St Baldrick’s Foundation to raise…
