From saving a baby born with his heart in his stomach to successfully removing a pole that impaled a man in his chest, Health City Cayman Islands has been working with cutting-edge technology and qualified surgeons from around the world to enhance health care in the Caribbean. It’s those cases and the countless life-saving procedures, done at a fraction of what it would in the United States, … [Read more...]
Health City Cayman Islands partners with OceanMed to perform first robotic surgery
Adding to its long track record of surgical firsts in the Cayman Islands and the Caribbean, Health City Cayman Islands continues to establish itself as a leader in the innovative delivery of medical care with the introduction of robotic assisted laparoscopic surgeries using the da Vinci X surgical system. The first robotic assisted laparoscopic surgery in the Cayman Islands took place on May … [Read more...]
Cayman Islands: Health City moving towards training institution
World-renowned cardiac surgeon Dr Devi Shetty has plans to convert the hospital he founded here, Health City Cayman Islands, into an institution for training Caymanian students to become the healthcare professionals of the future. Part of the original deal Shetty made with the Cayman Islands Government to build the hospital in East End, in which HCCI received a number of controversial concessions, … [Read more...]
Cayman Islands: Health City filled key gap during lockdown
The challenges of getting medical attention during the border closure in 2020 and 2021 were mitigated by Health City Cayman Islands, the management at the East End hospital has said. As the medical facility prepares to break ground on another hospital in Camana Bay and gets ready for the return of medical tourists, the hospital’s clinical director and chief cardiac surgeon, Dr Binoy … [Read more...]
Cayman Islands medical travel progress
The Cayman Islands Department of Planning has given approval to Health City Cayman Islands for the planned US$100 million medical campus and hospital expansion at Camana Bay. The aim is to reduce the number of local citizens traveling off island to receive care. The state-of-the-art Camana Bay medical campus will become the first hospital in the region to offer bone marrow transplantation … [Read more...]