The Office of Dr. K. Neil Parker

Palmdale Medical, Palmdale Av and Patton Street
Nassau
Nassau / Paradise Island, Bahamas

Review

Enrolment for NHI to begin on April 24

ENROLMENT for National Health Insurance will begin on April 24, the NHI Secretariat announced yesterday, at which time Bahamians will be able to choose their primary care physician...

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More than 200,000 have received NHI Smart Cards/ 'NHI-Ready' Campaign Launched to Get Remaining 100,00 Registered

More than two hundred thousand (240,000 to be exact) of the legal residents within the Commonwealth of The Bahamas have registered for, and received their National Health Insurance Smart Cards...

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100 mil. for NHI next year

The first year of primary care services under National Health Insurance (NHI), scheduled to begin in April, will cost around $100 million, according to Deputy Chief Medical Officer Delon Brennen.

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Preventative measures

Candice Taylor (name changed), the mother of a teenage son and daughter, has not had her children vaccinated against the human papillomavirus (HPV).

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Lupus awareness in high gear

Lupus patients on average lose over $21,000 annually in medical expenses and work hours, according to Vice President of Lupus 242 Shonalee Johnson.

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People with respiratory issues can breathe easy

Dr. Kevin Moss has no idea of the number of people who need treatment from a pulmonologist. However, the country's lone pulmonary and critical care medicine specialist, who deals with treating a range of lung diseases including, but not limited to, lung cancers and chronic obstructive lung diseases such as asthma, pneumonias and scarring on the lungs, said he knows the number is high...

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Cardiologist choses to join fabulous fathers list

DR CONVILLE S Brown, another honouree from Mount Tabor Full Gospel Church's recent 'Celebrating Our Fathers,' event, returned to The Bahamas as the youngest, qualified and American Board-Certified Internist and Cardiologist in the Caribbean in July, 1990...

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Annual Medical Conference Next Week!

Dr. L. D. Britt
MD,MPH, FACS, FCCM, FRCSEng (Hon), FRCSEd (Hon), FWACS (Hon), FRCSI (Hon), FCS(SA)(Hon)

Professor and Chairman, Dept. of Surgery Eastern Virginia Medical School; Professor School of Health Professions; Distinguished Professor of Surgery Uniformed Services University of the health Sciences; Professor in the Division of the History of Medicine; Chairman, Council of Clinical Chair...

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