Tag: Health City Cayman Islands
US partner pulls out of deal with Health City
(CNS Business): The faith-based US healthcare provider, Ascension, has pulled out of its partnership with Health City Cayman Islands, the East End hospital founded by the internationally renowned Indian cardiac surgeon, Devi Shetty. Since the state-of-the-art facility was first conceived and then through the construction and opening, the hospital’s goals have changed, and the ending […]
Health insurance firm U-turns on Shetty hospital
(CNS Business): Following a memo sent to British Caymanian Insurance customers last month by management blocking cover for treatment at Health City Cayman Islands in East End, the firm has made an about turn, and in a joint statement with HCCI has announced it will now extend cover to all services at the facility. BritCay […]
Insurance firm blocks cover at Health City
(CNS Business): British Caymanian Insurance Company (BritCay) will not cover patients to attend Health City Cayman Island for any treatment unrelated to cardiac care. In a memo sent to people who are insured by the agent that represents Colonial Medical Insurance, the firm said it wanted to review all the services that the hospital now […]
Caymanian med students get chance to work under Shetty
(CNS Business): Health City Cayman Islands in East End is planning to send four Caymanian college students on pre-med programmes to India next year to work for a month with Dr Devi Shetty, who spearheaded Cayman’s specialist hospital, at one of his Narayana hospitals. Richard Parchment, the manager for HCCI’s Healthcare Explorers Programme, told CNS […]
Solar farm coming to Health City
(CNS Business): Health City Cayman Islands is going green with the first ever 1.2 megawatt solar farm for a Caribbean hospital. Hospital officials said the solar farm will be one of the largest non-utility systems in the Caribbean and continues Health City’s commitment to utilising renewable energy technologies.
HCCI encourages healthcare careers
(CNS Business): Health City officials are gearing up for round two of their summer student internship programme that teaches school students about the various healthcare professions available. After a successful first year, hospital officials said they have agreed to increase the number of students allowed in the programme up to 24 between June and August.
Shetty hospital hopes for major patient jump
(CNS Business): Health City Cayman Islands marked a major milestone on Wednesday when it announced that it had received accreditation from the Joint Commission International (JCI). This means that Dr Devi Shetty’s first and only hospital outside India can now begin to target the US market in earnest as first intended. The hospital’s goal is […]
Shetty hospital features in documentary
(CNS Business): As Health City Cayman Islands continues its outreach to attract patients from North America to the state-of-the-art facility, the hospital was featured in a documentary that premiered at an international healthcare conference in Salt Lake City, Utah, last month.
Student offered taste of healthcare careers
(CNS Business): Health City Cayman Islands (HCCI) is providing Year 12 students from the Cayman Islands Further Education Centre (CIFEC) a year long internship programme, as well as offering Year 9 and 10 students from government and private high schools week-long internships over the next seven months. HCCI says that approximately 150 students will benefit from the opportunity […]
Cayman hospital to feature at tourism conference
(CNS Business): Health City Cayman Islands is sending a delegation to an international healthcare conference and trade show in in Washington DC next week. Dr Chandy Abraham, Facility Director and Head of Medical Services, will introduce the special skills and capacities of the state-of-the-art facility in his presentation to a Caribbean ministerial meeting at the World Medical […]
First Caymanian doctor hired at Health City
(CNS Business): A former head girl at John Gray High School is the first Caymanian physician to work at Health City Cayman Islands (HCCI). The private hospital which, it is hoped, will launch medical tourism as the third leg of the Cayman economy, opened its doors in February this year and Dr Irka Lashany Ebanks […]
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