Letter to St Martin News Network: Cayman medical tourism
To SMN News By Roddy Heyliger, Sunday March 2nd 2014 Dear Editor, Cayman Islands: Medical Tourism has arrived. The Cayman Islands Medical Tourism Facility known as “Health City Cayman Islands” officially opened on February 25. The opening of the $80…
Motor neurone disease – two heartbreaking stories
Motor Neurone Disease (MND) is a progressive disease that attacks the motor neurones, or nerves, in the brain and spinal cord. This means messages gradually stop reaching muscles, which leads to weakness and wasting. MND can affect how you walk,…
U.S. Medical Tourism To Dominican Republic Could Increase With High-Tech Clinic
By Dr. Marc Siegel From Fox News Latino A New Robotic Surgical Institute In The Dominican… This week [Feb 24] the Metropolitan Hospital of Santiago (HOMS), Dominican Republic, opened the first robotic surgery institute in the Caribbean. Named after Dr….
Caribbean first region to be measle-free
From Jamaican Observer WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) – The Pan-American Health Organisation (PAHO) says there has been no endemic transmission of measles in the Americas, including the Caribbean, since 2002. PAHO said since Venezuela reported the last case in 2001,…
NekNomination deadly drinking craze sweeping Britain [and Cayman is warned]
By Tom Rawstorne From Daily Mail UK The deadly teenage drinking craze fuelled by Facebook: Terrifying online fad sees young people down pints of spirits mixed with car polish, Viagra and even live goldfish Smiling at the camera, Ryan Linley…
More than 5,900 cases of Chikungunya in Caribbean, South America
By Paul Tinder From Vaccine News More than 5,900 suspected cases of chikungunya have been reported in the Caribbean region and South America since December 6, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control said on Friday. The ECDC published…
Indian surgeon known for Walmart-izing heart surgery brings affordable healthcare closer to Americans
By Saritha Rai, From Forbes Cardiac surgeon Dr. Devi Shetty of Bangalore-based Narayana Health, known for his pioneering low-cost healthcare innovations, has launched a 104-bed hospital this week in America’s backyard in Cayman Islands in the Caribbean. It is an…
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Shetty Hospital officially opened The official opening of the Health City Cayman Islands (known locally as The Shetty Hospital) took place this morning (Tue 25) and is billed as the launch of Cayman’s third economic pillar. Former health minister, Mark…
Caribbean Project: The Origin of AIDS
By Hunter Wallace From Occidental Dissent AIDS came to the United States from Haiti Haiti In the mid-1970s, Port-au-Prince in Haiti was a prime destination for American gay sex tourism, especially for male homosexuals in the New York City metropolitan…
Sandals Foundation reaffirms commitment to Sickkids-Caribbean Initiative
By Laura Redpath From The Bahamas Weekly Philanthropic arm of Sandals Resorts International donates CAD$200,000 in support of enhanced paediatric cancer and blood disorders care Montego Bay, Jamaica – The Sandals Foundation has recommitted to its partnership with the Hospital…
