Cayman: HSA expands pharmacy delivery services with help of BritCay donation
The
Health Services Authority is now offering prescription delivery to
the vulnerable and elderly as a permanent service thanks to British
Caymanian’s (BritCay’s) donation of USD $20,000 towards the
purchase of a delivery vehicle.
The HSA pharmacy expanded
deliveries to these categories of patients at the onset of the
COVID-19 shelter-in-place provisions and understood the need for the
service within the community on a full-time basis.
“Our pharmacy team, and the HSA as a whole, has had to adapt quickly to ensure that patients continue to receive optimal healthcare in uncertain conditions”, said HSA Chief Pharmacist Colin Medford. “Delivering prescriptions directly to our vulnerable and elderly patients affords patients the ability to continue their medications without putting themselves at risk. We are grateful to BritCay for their contribution towards the new prescription delivery vehicle allowing us to further expand our services across the island.”
“BritCay has been part of the local community for more than 35 years, and we’ve always sought to support it in any way possible…especially during times when so many are hurting and in need,” said BritCay Health Manager Lamar Haynes. “We are especially thankful to all our frontline workers and wanted to do something special to demonstrate that. The HSA has been at the forefront of the COVID-19 fight, so naturally we wanted to both salute them and further enable their efforts.”
Vulnerable
persons and senior citizens who would like to utilise the delivery
service should contact the HSA pharmacy by phone at 244-2715 or
244-2716. Prescriptions are still available for collection at the
Cayman Islands Hospital pharmacy, District Health Centre pharmacies
and Smith Road Centre location (100% coverage only). Patients can
also request refills online at www.hsa.ky
or by WhatsApp at 925-6534.