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January 23, 2015
Remarks by The Rt. Hon. Perry Christie on the commission of the PMH Critical Care Block

It is appropriate that I should begin with a biblical reference and it is this: The book of Genesis, Chapter 11 verse 6, The Lord said, ?if as one people ? speaking the same language ? They have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them?...

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July 01, 2014
Twenty-four Bahamian students inducted as new doctors

Twenty-four Bahamian students were inducted as new doctors during a University of the West Indies (UWI) School of Clinical Medicine and Research induction and awards ceremony recently.
To date, 301 doctors have graduated from the school - 80 percent of whom are Bahamians.
Dr. Krista Nottage, one of the top students, received several awards, including the Dr. Cecil M. Bethel Award for Most Outstand...

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May 29, 2014
Stay active to fight off depression and worry

"Those who do not know how to fight worry, die young."
- Dr. Alexis Carrel.
Leon Shimkins, a guiding force at Simon & Schuster publishers, became a leading American businessman when he advanced a strategy, gleaned from popular lecturer Dale Carnegie, to declare war against worry.
In his own words: "For 15 years I spent almost half of every business day holding conferences, discussing problems. We...

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September 11, 2013
East Grand Bahama clinics project nears completion

Executives of the Public Hospitals Authority (PHA) led by PHA Managing Director Herbert Brown toured the McCleans Town, High Rock and Sweetings Cay Clinics yesterday, assessing the status of refurbishment projects at the sites expected to cost up to $300,000...

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March 26, 2013
Hepburn had 'psychotic break'

The lawyer representing murder accused Prince Hepburn said yesterday his client had a "temporary psychotic break" which led to the murder of charity worker Nellie Mae Brown-Cox in 2011 and his suicide attempt. In opening the defense's case in Hepburn's murder trial, Murrio Ducille described Hepburn as a ...

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May 18, 2012
Major Templeton grant to aid Family healing program

The Templeton World Charity Foundation (TWCF) founded by the late financier and philanthropist Sir John Templeton has just approved a grant of $32,800 to support the conduct of a family healing initiative led by a distinguished Bahamian psychiatrist under the umbrella of Bahamian Forum.
The newest TWCF grant, entitled The Family: People Helping People, is a yearlong program, which is the brainchil...

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August 06, 2011
David F. Allen to be featured speaker at the Chautauqua Institution Hall of Philosophy

Dunkirk, NY - David F. Allen, M.D., M.P.H. will speak on the topic "The Shame of Failure", Monday from 7 to 8 p.m. in the Hall of Philosophy in Chautauqua Institution.

The director of the Renascence Institute in Nassau, Bahamas, Dr. Allen and his team of psychotherapists and psychoanalysts specialize in marital therapy, depression, grief and loss, addictions and crisis management.

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June 29, 2011
Ross University School of Medicine Expands Affiliation with Premier U.S. Teaching Hospitals

New partnerships with
Norwegian American Hospital in Chicago and St. Joseph Mercy Hospital
Oakland (SJMO) in Pontiac, Mich., are two recent and notable
achievements for Ross University School of Medicine. Each new hospital
affiliation will provide Ross medical students the opportunity to
receive clinical instruction in key core disciplines at a single
hospital: family medicine, internal medi...

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June 28, 2011
Dr. Rhea Thurston wins Three Prestigious Awards at UWI

Dr. Rhea Thurston received three of six prestigious awards during the University of the West Indies School of Clinical Medicine and Research Induction and Awards Ceremony for the Graduating Class of 2011. The new doctor received the Dr. Cecil M. Bethel Award for Most Outstanding Student of the Year; the Dr. Anthony Regis Award for Most Outstanding Student in Final MBBS Examinations; and the Most ...

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