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November 21, 2022
PHA Received Donation of 16 Respirators from Lyford Cay Club

The Public Hospitals Authority (PHA) received sixteen (16) ‘respirators’ donated by the LyfordCay Club on Wednesday. The DeVilbiss Healthcare 5-Liter Oxygen Concentrators (respirators)were officially handed over to the PHA in a brief ceremony held at the Lyford Cay Club.

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March 16, 2020
39Not enough respirators for a severe outbreak39

IT IS "highly unlikely" The Bahamas will have enough respirators to handle a severe outbreak of the novel coronavirus and Chief Medical Officer Dr Pearl McMillan is warning people to take preventative actions now to avoid spread of the disease. Heal

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January 17, 2023
Bahamas shares accounts of pandemic maternal care in Global OB-GYN Newsletter: COVIDhighlighted the need for durable infrastructure

In the latest issue of the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Global OB-GYN Newsletter, obstetricians and midwives from several countries, including The Bahamas, shared their stories of caring for pregnant women during the pandemic.

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January 11, 2023
Bahamas shares accounts of pandemic maternal care in Global OB-GYN Newsletter

In the latest issue of the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Global OB-GYN Newsletter, obstetricians and midwives from several countries, including The Bahamas, shared their stories of caring for pregnant women during the pandemic.

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September 19, 2020
Health Minister Thanks the Government of Canada for its Generous Donation

Minister of Health the Hon. Renward Wells stated that the CA$677,000 given by the Government of Canada will help The Bahamas to achieve the goal of reducing the spread of COVID-19, while also protecting healthcare, frontline and essential workers...

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September 22, 2016
Residents want update on probe into BORCO chemical spill

MORE than two weeks after a chemical spill at BORCO, concerned residents in the nearby Pinder's Point community wanted to know whether investigations or inquiries into the incident had been made by the relevant environmental agencies in Grand Bahama.

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September 05, 2016
BORCO chemical spill cleanup continues after 'explosion' on Tuesday

A HAZARDOUS materials team is still cleaning up a chemical spill at the BORCO plant in Grand Bahama three days after nearby residents of Pinder's Point reported hearing an explosion.

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June 18, 2013
Minnis slams govt on crime, economy

Opposition Leader Dr. Hubert Minnis said yesterday the 2013/2014 budget fails to sufficiently address two key priorities: reducing crime and growing the economy.
"The Bahamas is meandering, while taking on water and sailing in the heavy seas of crime, joblessness, bloated public finances, increased government borrowing and erratic, inflammatory and reactionary immigration policies and a lack of f...

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November 12, 2012
National coach and former BLTA president Baldacci passes away at 78

The tennis community is mourning the passing of tennis instructor and past president Giorgio Baldacci.
The national coach for the women's FedCup team died on Saturday at 5 p.m., in Doctors Hospital. He was 78. Even though Baldacci was hospitalized for more than nine weeks, the news of his death still came as a shock to persons in the tennis fraternity. It was said that Baldacci was recovering s...

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November 05, 2012
Thousands Raised For Baldacci

It will take the executives of the Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association (BLTA) a couple of days to count the coins that were collected in the Coin Plus Drive on Saturday, at the National Tennis Centre.

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