BVI Health Services Authority

25 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 9, ISSUE 12 important mandate was emphasized by the organization’s Acting CEO who stated; “Tackling this mandate requires a comprehensive approach to healthcare, which the BVIHSA achieves by having a diverse range of healthcare specialties, facilities, and medical equipment… Concerning facilities and equipment, we’re able to provide a good range of primary care and the first tier of secondary care. BVIHSA has basic internal medicine, including nephrology support for dialysis and general surgeons. In tertiary care, we collaborate with specialists through national or local health insurance to provide subspecialty care on a medical necessity basis,” Dr. Samuel noted. “In the past, we had collaborations with visiting specialists, and we’re looking to build more collaborations to bring subspecialists required for advanced cardiology, nephrology, and cancer care interventions…We’re exploring what additional services we can provide on the island because, at the moment, most people travel off the island to begin their care and then follow up here.” VITROS ® XT MicroSlide The VITROS ® XT MicroSlide combines two reagents on the same slide, making it possible to run two different tests simultaneously. The slides guarantee high quality results, with speed, efficiency, economy and better waste management by not using water in any of the processes. orthoclinicaldiagnostics.com 1-844-316-0820 pr-customerservice@orthoclinicaldiagnostics.com PR-14031 © Ortho Clinical Diagnostics 2022