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June 14, 2016
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.

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December 06, 2023
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.

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September 09, 2014
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...

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May 18, 2023
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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July 12, 2019
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...

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July 29, 2020
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

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April 03, 2019
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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July 04, 2018
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...

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June 27, 2018
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.)...

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June 26, 2018
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...

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