Cayman Islands Heart Smart Week: CHF focuses on prevention
From Cayman Heart Fund The Cayman Heart Fund (CHF) is putting a focus on heart health. Its annual Heart Health Week kicks off Thursday (17 March). Heart disease is the number one killer in the Western world. The aim of the…
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Two patients sue Cayman Islands private hospital LOOP NEWS are reporting a woman is suing the Chrissie Tomlinson Memorial Hospital for negligence after being transported to the George Town Hospital for alternative medical care. Michelle Campbell Myles McField named the…
There is a big problem with the government’s plan to stop the drug-overdose epidemic
By Harrison Jacobs From Business Insider The new commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration, Dr. Robert Califf, told a panel of FDA advisers last week that he will do “everything possible under our authority” to help the federal government curb…
Legless dog Chi Chi leaves Korea for new life in Arizona
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS From Mashable PHOENIX — A dog that was left in a garbage bag behind a South Korea meat market has a new life — and new limbs — on the other side of the world in…
Cayman Islands private hospital announces new ownership
CHRISSIE TOMLINSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ANNOUNCES NEW OWNERSHIP George Town, Grand Cayman, 16 March 2016 – Chrissie Tomlinson Memorial Hospital announced today that it has been acquired in a share acquisition by CTMH Holdings Ltd., the newly formed holding company for a…
Health City Cayman to look at Anguilla’s modern health plans
From The Anguillian The Anguilla Government, through the Ministry of Social Development, is pushing ahead with an undertaking to develop a modern health facility for the island. There were discussions to that end during an official visit to Health City…
End the commercial sexual exploitation of children in Kenya.
From Walk Free Sandy beaches, turquoise waters… the picture of paradise. The Kenyan coast offers some of the most beautiful locations for people to relax and enjoy their free time. Sadly, the reality for almost one in three young girls,…
US Jury awards $10.5M for woman ‘Buried Alive’ in crash
By Max Mitchell, From The Legal Intelligencer A Philadelphia jury has awarded $10.5 million to the family of a mother of two who was “buried alive” during a collision with a dump truck carrying thousands of pounds of sand. The jury…
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Cayman Islands “Lady Rabia” tells how she is going blind
BY MIKE LOCKLEY From Birmingham Mail Children’s author to climb mountain in aid of charity for visually impaired. Popular children’s author Rabia Abdul-Hakim, who writes under the pen-name Lady Rabia, is going blind. She can no longer recognise her own…
Health City completes first ever TAVI procedure in the Caribbean
The first ever Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) undertaken in the English-speaking Caribbean region has been completed at leading tertiary care hospital, Health City Cayman Islands. The complex cardiac procedure was performed on local Cayman Islands patient, Dianna Merren, in…
