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March 15, 2023
Bahamian Software Developer Automates Doctors Hospital Processes, Reducing Time Expenditure by 45%

A year after developing Doctors Hospital's digital solution to modernize its Covid-19 testing portal, Plato Alpha, the nation's leading software development company, has built the Doctors Hospital (DH) TeleConnect system.

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March 13, 2023
Doctor convicted of rape sentenced to 12 years in prison

A doctor was on Friday sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment for rape. Before Senior Justice Bernard Turner passed sentence, Dr. Gerald Mark Forbes remained defiant and unrepentant as he branded his accuser a liar, though he claimed that he still had feelings for her. While referring to a previous rape acquittal in 2016, the 52-year-old ...
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March 10, 2023
Doctor Sentenced to 12 Years For Rape

NASSAU, BAHAMAS - A doctor has been sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment for the rape of a woman that took place 13 years ago.

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February 22, 2023
Bell warns doctors, lawyers not to make false declarations to Dept. of Immigration

After uncovering several instances of Bahamian doctors and lawyers making false declarations in support of work permit applications for other individuals, Minister of Labour and Immigration Keith Bell warned Bahamian professionals that the Department of Immigration will prosecute them for providing false information. "In my previous communication, I advised the public that all applications coming ...

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February 17, 2023
Prosecution wants 20-year sentence for doctor convicted of rape

The prosecution believes that a doctor convicted of raping a 20-year-old woman in 2010 should get 15 years in jail. Dr. Gerald Forbes, who is now representing himself, gave Senior Justice Bernard Turner written sentencing submissions. Forbes, who's been in custody since his conviction last September, will learn his fate next month. Prosecutors accused Forbes ...
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February 09, 2023
Man acquitted of murder of British doctor

A Supreme Court jury Tuesday evening acquitted a 51-year-old man accused of the 2015 murder of a retired British doctor on Long Island. The jurors rejected the purported confession of Moses Morris, the only evidence that linked him to the April 1, 2015 murder of Dr. Harry Harding. The jury was unable to reach a ...
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January 25, 2023
Minister optimistic over incentive talks with doctors

HEALTH and Wellness Minister Dr Michael Darville said he is optimistic that the agreements that officials are negotiating with the junior doctors as well as the consultant doctors are "fair".

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December 19, 2022
Bahamian doctor's research examines dental cavities in astronauts

Dr. Mizpha Courtney-Simone Fernander received her doctorate in applied sciences and technology with a concentration in biosciences/microbiology from North Carolina A&T State University Greensboro, North Carolina.  Fernander is the daughter of Constance (Charlotte, N.C.) and Jeffrey Peter Lindbergh Fernander, and the granddaughter of the late Dennis Kingsley Fernander and the late Le...

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December 06, 2022
Public Hospitals Authority & Doctors Hospital in transfer of patients Agreement

The Public Hospitals Authority and Doctors Hospital Health System have entered into an agreement to allow for the transfer of patients from Princess Margaret Hospital to Doctors Hospital West, effective Monday, December 5, 2022.

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December 06, 2022
Doctor sees rise in apparent flu cases

The United States flu season keeps getting worse. In The Bahamas, it's probably no different. One medical practitioner says she has been seeing quadruple the number of cases she annually does. Dr. Juliette Dorsett describes the numbers as a "conundrum". "It's a little baffling, but not really because we're just coming out of post-COVID, but ...
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