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Two doctors join PMH ranks
Two doctors join PMH ranks
PRINCESS Margaret Hospital announced that two doctors, Dr Rhea Thurston-Carroll and Dr Nicholas Burrowes, have joined its ranks as consultant physicians in the nephrology and neurosurgery services respectively.
Doctors Hospital: Practical steps can improve Family Island healthcare
Doctors Hospital CEO Dr. Charles Diggiss said there are practical steps that can be taken to improve health outcomes on Family Islands that lack physical resources. His comments came weeks after a car accident on Long Island claimed the lives of three young men - Mandie Constantakis Jr., Manoli Constantakis and Trevon Roxbury. Manoli Constantakis, ...
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Doctors: Gender violence is a public health concern
Doctors: Gender violence is a public health concern
THE Medical Association of The Bahamas says the prevalence of gender-based violence in the country is a public health concern that must come to an end.
Doctor: Pap smears at all-time low
Doctor: Pap smears at all-time low
Only 10 percent of women in The Bahamas received cervical screening tests prior to the pandemic and, with the onset of the coronavirus disease, pap smears would have likely fallen to an all-time low, with very little being done to increase the rate of screening, according to an obstetrician/gynecologist (OB-GYN). "Cervical cancer is a very ...
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More doctors and nurses to be added
More doctors and nurses to be added
MORE doctors and nurses will be soon added to the public healthcare system as COVID-19 cases and hospital rates continue to climb.
Doctors make donation to home for the aged
Doctors make donation to home for the aged
PERSIS Rodgers Home for the Aged received a $2,500 donation from the Consultant Physicians Staff Association yesterday.
Woman 'gives birth while waiting to be seen by a doctor' at Rand Memorial Hospital
A concerned resident has expressed frustration over the long wait time and delays at the Rand Memorial Hospital before patients are seen by a doctor.
Doctors' shakedown of Minnis administration
Doctors' shakedown of Minnis administration
Dear Editor, Senior doctors of the Consultant Physicians Staff Association (CPSA) and the Public Hospitals Authority (PHA) remain in stalemate. Notwithstanding the assurances of CPSA doctors, the ongoing industrial action has the potential of exposing gravely ill Bahamians who depend on Princess Margaret Hospital to [...]
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'Carry on, doctors' - but end in sight
'Carry on, doctors' - but end in sight
DOCTORS had a productive meeting with finance officials yesterday, pulling them closer to full service after more than a week of industrial action...
'70' of doctors vaccinated
'70' of doctors vaccinated
AT least 70 percent of doctors in the Consultant Physicians Staff Association have been vaccinated against COVID-19, CPSA President Dr Sabriquet Pinder-Butler said yesterday.