CPSA says more can be done to strengthen healthcare system

Consultant Physicians Staff Association (CPSA) President Sabriquet Pinder-Butler said yesterday that more measures are still needed to adequately equip the healthcare system for dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly given speculation that a new and possibly more infectious strain of COVID is spreading in the UK. "I think that there were certain steps that were ...
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Controlling Cost and Managing a Quality Group Healthcare Plan

Employee Benefits Training Seminar
for May 26

Woodside
Insurance Brokerage Limited, in conjunction with Horizon Development
Group, is hosting the first annual Employee Benefits Training Seminar
under the theme, "Controlling Cost and Managing a Quality Group Healthcare
Plan". The event is scheduled for Thursday, May 26 at the British
Colonial Hilton Hotel, from 8:30am to 3:30pm.

The
semina...

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Sustained Efforts to Ensure Needed Space in Healthcare Facilities

Minister of Health the Hon. Renward Wells said throughout the COVID-19 response, consistent efforts have been made to increase the bed capacity at the nation’s healthcare facilities...

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39Difficult decisions will have to be made39 if healthcare system continues operating beyond capacity

HEALTH officials admitted Friday that tough decisions will have to be made concerning the patients that will be given priority care if the country's healthcare system continues to operate beyond its current capacity amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Samaritan's Purse providing healthcare staff for COVID fight

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A call for more support from authorities as healthcare workers battle burnout

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Wells: we're not trying to overwork healthcare staff

HEALTH Minister Renward Wells said the Public Hospitals Authority's controversial shift system is designed to get the maximum amount of work from healthcare workers without overworking them...

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Union members to benefit from new healthcare scheme

A partnership that will bring reduced healthcare costs to members of the Bahamas Public Service Union (BPSU) will be implemented by the end of the month, Medical Director of the Walk-in Clinics Dr. Daniel Johnson said yesterday.
Johnson said the partnership includes the cooperation of the Walk-in Clinics, the BPSU and the Public Hospitals Authority, and will eventually serve to bring affordable he...

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Surges in COVID-19 Cases Exposes the Nation to Shortfalls in Healthcare Providers

Minister of Health the Hon. Renward Wells said the nation’s healthcare personnel are its most valuable resource in combating COVID-19...

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72?healthcare workers have COVID-19?

S eventy-two healthcare workers have contracted COVID-19 since July, health officials advised yesterday. As of August 19, according to data provided by the Ministry of Health, 28 healthcare workers at Grand Bahama Health Services tested positive for COVID-19; 18 at Princess Margaret Hospital; 18 at Sandilands Rehabilitation Centre; seven at the Department of Public Health (DPH) on ...

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