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Health services are provided by
government and by private
practitioners. Government’s Health
Services Authority provides patient
care through the 125-bed Cayman
Islands Hospital on Grand Cayman and
the 18-bed Faith Hospital on Cayman
Brac. Primary healthcare is offered
at four district health centers in
Grand Cayman and a centre in Little
Cayman; supplementary dental and eye
care services are provided on site
at the Health Service Complex in
Grand Cayman. The Cayman Islands
Hospital, a modern, 139,066 sq. ft.
two-storey 24-hour full service
medical facility is the principal
healthcare facility in the country.
The hospital offers accident and
emergency services; a wide range of
surgical services; a critical care
unit; pharmacy and laboratory
services -- including a
state-of-the-art forensic unit – and
many other facilities one expects in
a modern healthcare setting.
Specialist services are available in
the fields of surgery, gynecology &
obstetrics, pediatrics, internal
medicine, dermatology,
anesthesiology, public health,
orthopedics, psychology, cardiology,
psychiatry, radiology, pathology,
neurology, nephrology,
ophthalmology, otolaryngology,
period ontology, reconstructive
surgery, maxillofacial surgery, and
urology. Faith Hospital is a dynamic
community hospital, serving the
residents of Cayman Brac and Little
Cayman. The facility provides
primary, basic secondary and
emergency care. There is a modern
inpatient unit, as well as an
operating theatre, maternity,
accident and emergency department,
outpatient clinic and a public
health department. Services include
general medicine, surgery,
anesthesia, laboratory services and
obstetrics and gynecology.
Specialist physicians from the
Cayman Islands Hospital visit
regularly. In Little Cayman a
purpose-built facility has a waiting
area, a triage area, treatment room,
and offices for a doctor and
dentist. A registered nurse conducts
clinics Mondays through Fridays and
these clinics are complemented by a
weekly physician’s visit. The
resident nurse also makes home
visits. Pre-hospital care service is
also provided by the registered
nurse and a paramedic.
A private facility, the Chrissie Tomlinson Memorial
Hospital, is located in George Town.
In 2004 there were 37 doctors in the
government service, including four
based on Cayman Brac. Another 37
doctors were in private practice,
providing family health or
specialist medical care. Dental care
in the Government Service is
provided by five dentists.
Privately, there are 12 dentists
practicing.
There are no endemic tropical
diseases, and the Islands are
non-malarial. Government's mosquito
research and control measures
involve chemical and physical
control methods, reducing the
incidence of mosquitoes to
negligible levels. Fees are charged
for medical treatment in Government
hospitals and clinics, though these
compare favorably with rates at
private hospitals in the U.S. There
is no reciprocal agreement between
the government and the National
Health Service in the U.K. All
residents must have health
insurance. The Cayman Islands Health
Insurance Company (CINICO) was
incorporated by government to
provide benefits to several groups,
including civil servants, government
pensioners, low income residents,
retired seamen or veterans, and
residents denied coverage by other
insurance companies due to health
issues.
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