10M in PMH drugs unaccounted for

A forensic audit of the Public Hospitals Authority's (PHA) supply of pharmaceutical drugs and medical supplies alleges
a "culture of slackness and corruption".
The report reveals that, at the end of 2013, there was a $10 million difference in pharmaceutical inventory between the physical count and what is reflected in the Princess Margaret Hospital's (PMH) computer system.
The auditor quotes a sep...

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Sounding the alarm

Something stinks in the Public Hospitals Authority (PHA), concludes a report by a forensic auditor.
While we have in recent weeks focused on poor leadership at the political and national level, it is also important to place the spotlight on the alleged waste of public funds.
Of course, leadership has a tangible connection to the functioning of government agencies, the expenditure of our tax dollar...

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Prime Minister Minnis: Panic buying not necessary

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Dr. Hubert Minnis appealed to Bahamians and residents to stop panic buying food and hoarding supplies in reaction to news of the COVID-19 virus...

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PHA Goes Live with Phase 2 of Infor CloudSuite Financial Implementation

The Public Hospitals Authority achieved a significant milestone on November 1st this year, when phase two (2) of the financial modules of its Integrated Health Information Management System (iHIMS) project went live. Previously on July 1, Phase 1 of the project, General Ledger and Supplier Portal, was completed. The iHIMS project was restarted last February after a brief hiatus. The restart of the...

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Cooper, DPM at odds over deficit

Exuma and Ragged Island MP Chester Cooper yesterday questioned whether the Minnis administration misled the Bahamian people about the state of finances it met when it came to office and the extent it needed to borrow, considering the Central Bank of The Bahamas' latest report on the country's deficit for the first 10 months of the previous fiscal year.
However, Minister of Finance Peter Turnquest ...

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Still no pharmacy benefits under NHI

Almost three months into the primary care phase of National Health Insurance (NHI), there are still no pharmacy benefits under the program, indicating that pharmacies across The Bahamas have yet to sign on board with the healthcare scheme.
Speaking with Guardian Business yesterday, Minister of Health Dr. Duane Sands said at this point there are no medications available under NHI. "There is, at thi...

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Bahamas Medical and Alcon partner to provide improved vision care products

Alcon, a global leader in eye care and a division of Novartis, one of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies, recently appointed the leading local supplier of medical and surgical products in The Bahamas as its local partner to provide improved eye care products and services to the country.
Bahamas Medical & Surgical Supplies Ltd. is the official distributor of Alcon's Vision Care portfolio ...

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Improvemtns to Public Health Centres Accelerating Pubic Healthcare Transformation

Contract signings for a total of $800,000 of renovation works to the South Beach Clinic and the Flamingo Gardens Clinic were implemented in an official ceremony, March 21, 2017, at South Beach Clinic, by Minister for Grand Bahama...

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PM projects job generation at new Freeport facility

Prime Minister Perry Gladstone Christie was in Grand Bahama Thursday morning, March 31, participating in ground breaking ceremonies for Pharmachem Technologies G.B. Limited Manufacturing Plant 3.

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