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PM's Remarks at Commissioning of Child and Adolescent, Robert Smith, and Special Education Complex
PM's Remarks at Commissioning of Child and Adolescent, Robert Smith, and Special Education Complex
My Cabinet colleagues and I are most pleased to join with you, the Sandilands Rehabilitation Centre family, the Public Hospitals Authority and the Minister of Health as we open the doors of this new facility.
More than 500 students to visit world’s most prestigious photo exhibit, Prix Pictet, at Central Bank
More than 500 students to visit world’s most prestigious photo exhibit, Prix Pictet, at Central Bank
More than 500 students from schools across New Providence will have the rare opportunity to experience the human condition through the eyes of the greatest photographers in the world as school by upper school, they tour the Prix Pictet exhibit at the Central Bank Art Gallery.
Major public health problem in the spotlight
Major public health problem in the spotlight
Suicide is a major public health problem. There are almost 1 million suicides per year according to World Health Organization (WHO) statistics. That number roughly corresponds to one death every 40 seconds, making suicide among the three leading causes of death among those aged 15 to 44 years in some countries, and the second leading cause of death in the 10 to 24-years age group. Suicide worldwid...
Too many take mothers for granted
Too many take mothers for granted
Continuing with the theme for Mental Health Month 2023, "Look Around, Look Within", I thought it fitting to take a look at mothers and their contribution to our well-being. Mothers contribute in many ways to the emotional and psychological wellness of the family. Far too many of us take for granted the tremendous contributions they ...
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Cleveland Clinic First in North America to Deliver Baby from Deceased-Donor Uterine Transplant
Cleveland Clinic First in North America to Deliver Baby from Deceased-Donor Uterine Transplant
For the first time in North America and the second time worldwide, Cleveland Clinic delivered a baby from a uterus that was transplanted from a deceased donor...
Born Without A Uterus, Woman Delivers Baby Thanks to Cleveland Clinic’s second Uterine Transplant Clinical Trial
Born Without A Uterus, Woman Delivers Baby Thanks to Cleveland Clinic’s second Uterine Transplant Clinical Trial
For the second time, Cleveland Clinic has delivered a baby from a uterus that was transplanted from a deceased donor...The transplant and birth are part of an on-going clinical trial – Uterine Transplantation
Marijuana use could harm mental health
Marijuana use could harm mental health
Dear Editor, On or around March 20, 2019, multiple American news outlets and online magazines highlighted a European study, originally published in Lancet Psychiatry, that showed an increased risk of losing touch with reality (psychosis) in users of high potency marijuana. This may include hallucinations [...]
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The Woman on Top: Dr. Giselle Outten
The Woman on Top: Dr. Giselle Outten
Dr. Giselle Outten - one out of 45 newly graduated physicians recently inducted into the Bahamian medical fraternity at the 2018 Induction and Awards Ceremony ? was awarded five out of the seven special prizes of her class...
UWI School of Medicine graduates offered training opportunities at PMH
Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Duane Sands stated that 40 of the 49 graduates of The University of the West Indies (UWI) School of Medicine (Nassau) were offered training opportunities (Internship) based primarily at the teaching hospital, Princess Margaret (PMH.)...
120 Family Medicine Physicians Required to Provide Primary Care
Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Duane Sands said it is estimated that an additional 120 Family Medicine physicians are required to provide adequate primary care for community health clinics in New Providence, Grand Bahama and the Family Islands...