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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.
July 28, 2021
Minnis says plans underway to increase hospital bed capacity
Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis announced plans to increase bed capacity at Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) and insisted that the government is trying to move "heaven and earth" to secure additional vaccines amid a surge in COVID-19 cases, hospitals and deaths.
Vaccinations to resume
April 06, 2021
Vaccinations to resume
COVID-19 vaccinations will resume tomorrow on New Providence and Grand Bahama.
COVID Vaccine Update
April 12, 2021
COVID Vaccine Update
Persons 50 years of age and over and restaurant and retail workers may begin making appointments to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, effective immediately.
September 10, 2020
190 health workers out of action because of COVID-19 exposure
MORE than 190 healthcare workers have been taken out of the system due to COVID-19 exposure, Health Minister Renward Wells revealed in the House of Assembly yesterday...
August 09, 2020
Highlights from The Prime Minister's National Address, August 9, 2020
Strategy to increase hospital bed capacity will create approximately 80 additional patient beds between public health system and Doctors Hospital West...
April 14, 2020
Family island MPs say plans in place to assist most vulnerable during COVID-19 crisis
Insufficient healthcare resources and reliance on mailboats for access to some basic necessities, as well as a significant elderly population, make some family island communities particularly vulnerable, as The Bahamas deals with the impact of the novel coronavirus...
Medical supplies blocked by US will arrive next week
April 10, 2020
Medical supplies blocked by US will arrive next week
FOREIGN Affairs Minister Darren Henfield said a shipment of medical supplies ordered by the Ministry of Health but blocked by US officials will arrive in the country next week...
Senior medics beg Sands end it now
August 26, 2019
Senior medics beg Sands end it now
SENIOR doctors pleaded with Health Minister Dr Duane Sands during a hastily arranged meeting last night to quickly resolve its dispute with junior doctors because of what the group's leader called an "unprecedented crisis" at public healthcare facilities.
Sands' plan for major new hospital
August 20, 2019
Sands' plan for major new hospital
HEALTH Minister Dr Duane Sands is eyeing a multi-million dollar transformation for public health that would see the government embark on a public-private partnership to lease-to-own new health facilities over a 20-year period.
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