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September 13, 2021
Some PMH and Family Island airport employees withdraw labor

Operations at several Family Island airports have been severely impacted as staff withdrew labor today amid industrial issues, according to Director of Aviation Algernon Cargill.

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September 09, 2021
DELTA VARIANT NOW AT LARGE: Health officials confirm feared version of virus has been detected here

THE highly contagious Delta variant is the predominant strain in The Bahamas, the Ministry of Health confirmed yesterday, after getting back genomic sequencing results from samples sent to a laboratory in Brazil.

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September 02, 2021
'No evidence' that Delta strain in The Bahamas

DESPITE increasing concerns that the Delta variant could be present in the country, one Pan American Health Organization official said there is still no evidence the highly contagious strain is here.

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August 30, 2021
Int'l Bonefish & Tarpon Trust Declares Bahamas 'World’s Living Lab' for Bonefish

A team of researchers working under the umbrella non-profit Bonefish & Tarpon Trust (BTT) this week called The Bahamas “the world’s greatest living laboratory” for the study of healthy bonefish.

The Florida-based organization, Bonefish & Tarpon Trust, based its declaration on more than a decade of findings resulting from tagging, tracking, and sampling of the elusive and intriguing bonef...

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August 17, 2021
Wells asks his aides to forego payment

HEALTH Minister Renward Wells said he has asked his driver and personal assistant to return the $1,158.40 the government gave them in honorarium payments as a sickout persisted among some 300 healthcare workers in New Providence and Grand Bahama for a fifth day yesterday.

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November 04, 2010
HIV persons express frustration with PHA registration system

Tears welled up in one HIV/AIDS patient's eyes as he described his frustrations with the Public Hospitals Authority's (PHA) new registration system.


This week and last week some patients reportedly left the clinic, which is crucial to their treatment, to avoid the process.

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November 24, 2010
Doctors Hospital?s EDM Go Live Follows on the heels of JCI Accreditation.

Emergency services are a critical component to a health care organization, and its services are instrumental to patients suffering in an emergency situation. To ensure that Doctors Hospital?s Emergency Department was meeting the goals and standards of a JCI accredited hospital, Doctors Hospital implemented a state-of-the-art patient tracking and integrated data system within the Emergency Departme...

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January 26, 2015
Critical Care Block Provides for Healthcare 'Quantum Leap Forward'

The inclusion of the brand new Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in the construction of the country's first state-of-the-art Critical Care Block is expected to help The Bahamas "make a quantum leap forward..."

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August 13, 2021
MASS SICKOUT HITS HOSPITALS: Workers strike over being omitted from 'COVID payments'

SERVICES at public hospitals were severely affected yesterday by a sickout involving staff who have not received honorariums.

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August 12, 2021
Dr. Susannah Gal Appointed Dean of Pure and Applied Sciences

University of The Bahamas (UB) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Susannah Gal as Dean of Pure and Applied Sciences effective 1st July 2021.

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