Cayman Islands (November 16, 2018) – H.E. Governor Martyn Roper toured Health City Cayman Islands on Thursday, November 15 accompanied by his wife Elisabeth and a group of hospital officials.

Governor Roper spent a few hours at the tertiary care medical facility in East End, Grand Cayman and received a full tour of the hospital’s operations. He visited the patient wards, as well as the diagnostics and laboratory areas before seeing the facility’s control room and hearing about the hospital’s conservation programs and disaster preparedness capabilities.

Mr Roper was guided on the hospital tour by Health City Cayman Islands Medical Director Dr Binoy Chattuparambil, Clinical Director Dr Dhruva Krishnan, Business Development Director Shomari Scott, Facility Director Karan Dave and hospital developers Gene Thompson and Harry Chandi.

Dr Chattuparambil and Dr Krishnan gave Governor Roper a full update on the hospital’s medical and technical capabilities, as well as an overview of the facility’s quality control measures.

Mr. Roper arrived in the Cayman Islands on October 29, and has since been conducting familiarisation tours of the various districts and facilities of the Islands.
He is the 14th governor of the Cayman Islands, and a career diplomat. Over a 30-year career, Mr Roper has served the United Kingdom in Brazil, Algeria and most recently in China as the deputy head of mission for the U.K. in Beijing.

About Health City Cayman Islands
Health City Cayman Islands, the vision of renowned heart surgeon and humanitarian Dr. Devi Shetty, is supported by Narayana Health, one of India’s largest private healthcare systems. Health City, only the second hospital in the Caribbean to receive the Joint Commission International’s “hospital accreditation”, provides compassionate, high-quality, affordable healthcare services in a world-class, comfortable, patient-centered environment. Offering healthcare to local, regional and international patients, Health City Cayman Islands delivers excellence in adult and pediatric cardiology, cardiac surgery, cardiac electrophysiology, medical oncology, orthopedics, sports medicine, pediatric endocrinology, gastrointestinal and bariatric surgery, neurology, interventional neurology and neuro-diagnostics, neurosurgery, minimally invasive spine surgery, gynecology, urology, pediatric allergies, colorectal surgery, dental, sleep lab and pulmonology services.

For further information, visit www.healthcitycaymanislands.com.

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H.E. Governor Martyn Roper and Mrs Roper visited Health City Cayman Islands on an official tour of the facility on Thursday, November 15. From left to right: Shomari Scott, Gene Thompson, Harry Chandi, H.E. Governor Martyn Roper, Elisabeth Roper, Dr Binoy Chattuparambil, Dr Dhruva Krishnan, Karan Dave.