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July 08, 2021
Physicians president's alarm at lack of health resources

CONSULTANT Physicians Staff Association president Dr Sabriquet Pinder-Butler says it's "alarming" that Princess Margaret Hospital is at full capacity due to increased COVID-19 cases, but a compounding challenge remains - the lack of human resources in public health.

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February 22, 2016
Bradley Roberts to Dr. Duane Sands: "Physician, heal thyself!"

Statement by Bradley B. Roberts, National Chairman Progressive Liberal Party.

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February 15, 2016
Physicians Assoc. wants NHI delayed

Consultant Physicians Staff Association (CPSA) President Dr. Locksley Munroe yesterday called for the government to delay the April launch of the primary care services phase of National Health Insurance (NHI) until it can overcome some of the challenges that continue to plague the scheme.

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September 04, 2015
Health's Deloyment of Family Medicine Specialists Ensures Physician Coverage for All Inhabited Islands

The Government of The Bahamas took another ?significant? step in its ongoing heath systems strengthening initiative with the recent deployment of five Family Medicine Specialists (physicians) to key Family Islands...

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November 06, 2023
Doctors Hospital West reopens

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Doctors Hospital West has reopened at their Blake Road campus and now provides urgent care, according to Senior Vice President of Patient Care Services Bridgette Sherman. She added that they will also offer CT Scans and a selection of specialist physicians.

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May 02, 2012
Candidates Occupation, Income and Net Worth

Candidates Occupation, Income and Net Worth

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February 26, 2024
Medics 'fatigued' by gun violence

THE president of the Consultant Physicians Staff Association (CSPA) said doctors and nurses at Princess Margaret Hospital are "strained and fatigued" by the increase in gun violence.

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February 08, 2024
Police officer struck during routine traffic stop has died

NASSAU, BAHAMAS- Thirty-three-year-old Inspector Tomas McIntosh of the Royal Bahamas Police Force, who was critically injured during a routine traffic stop on January 31, 2024, was removed from life support today at Doctor's Hospital ahead of an Organ Procurement Procedure. The healthy organs harvested from Inspector McIntosh today will be donated to those in need. [...]

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January 07, 2021
Doctor warns of possible need to tighten travel

A SENIOR physician has said the government might have to toughen COVID-19 travel restrictions if The Bahamas sees a surge of infections as a result of the recent holiday celebrations coupled with a new COVID-19 strain already spreading in some parts of the world...

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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.

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