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Medical centre to cover western New Providence

BAHAMAS Medical Centre on Blake Road has opened, providing fast and convenient access to emergency care, laboratory, imaging and rehabilitation services, as well as major and minor operating theatres for elective procedures and doctors’ appointments for people living and working in western New Providence.

EDITORIAL: We’ve won the first round of this fight - time to do it again

THERE is good news and bad news in the fight against COVID-19.

Cleare responds to UN Working Group criticisms over Detention Centre

AFTER the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WAGD) criticised the Department of Corrections for not allowing conjugal visits since the COVID-19 pandemic, acting Corrections Commissioner Doan Cleare countered yesterday that video calls are common and have generally replaced in-person visits.

Minister announces construction of multi-purpose Junkanoo facilities

Construction will begin in 2018 on multi-purpose Junkanoo facilities in The Bahamas, Minister of Youth Sports and Culture Michael Pintard said, having already received commitments of over $700,000 towards the project from private corporate citizens.

Governor General marks first official visit to Grand Bahama

GOVERNOR General Cynthia “Mother” Pratt travelled throughout Grand Bahama and met Bahamians from all walks of life during her first official visit last week.

US tobacco firm to create 50 jobs in Grand Bahama

UP to 50 new jobs will be created by mid-2018 through a US tobacco manufacturer establishing its overseas hub in Grand Bahama, it was disclosed yesterday.Wind River Tobacco Company, in a joint announcement with the Government, said the island would b

'Breezes? It's been a delight'

WHILE some Bahamians who have returned home on government repatriation flights on Friday have issues with being quarantined at Breezes resort, one legally blind woman is looking on the bright side.

Scanning firm's training facility eyes 150 jobs

A Bahamian firm yesterday revealed it is aiming to create between 120-150 jobs through constructing a $2m training facility in west Grand Bahama.BOARDSECU, in a statement issued yesterday, said the facility will be used to train Bahamians and other n

Woman fined $5,000 over false COVID test results

A 21-year-old woman who tried to use falsified COVID-19 test results to travel to Grand Bahama was fined $5,000 in the Magistrate’s Court.

Grand Bahama case count rises 32 as New Providence slows down

TOURISM Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar confirmed last night that Bahamians who want to have a vacation and stay in a hotel will be required to have a negative COVID test in just the same fashion as visitors arriving from outside the country.

Youngsters learning about Bahamas Waste

YOUNGSTERS have been learning about Bahamas Waste with an increasing number of school tours of the facility in New Providence.

‘Wait times will go up under NHI’

LEADING surgeon Dr Duane Sands last night made a startling revelation that once the machinery of National Health Insurance is fully in motion, patients will likely face significant wait times as they seek medical attention in respective facilities, while he predicted “chaotic times” should the government move forward with its proposed healthcare scheme.

Doctors targeting 23% capital investment rise

Doctors Hospital is planning to invest $4.2 million in capital improvements to its business during its 2014 financial year, the previous year’s bottom line having been impacted by a $1.135 million ‘start-up’ loss.

Bell: GB food assistance budget nearly exhausted due to high demand

GRAND Bahama's food assistance budget for this fiscal year has nearly been exhausted amid high demand, Social Services Minister Myles Laroda told the House of Assembly.

Doctor’s week away from $1.5m facility’s opening

Doctors Hospital’s Bahamas Medical Centre is about a week away from full operations, the BISX-listed company’s president yesterday telling Tribune Business $1.5 million had been pumped into the Blake Road facility that is expected to be a “key player” in its international patient business.

DPM: More health facilities needed in Exuma

DEPUTY Prime Minister Chester Cooper said yesterday there is a need for more health facilities on Exuma.

The Medi Centre opens

IN TWO weeks, the newly built Medi Center Clinic located on Prince Charles Drive and Beatrice Avenue will open its doors to the public.

Rassin: Bahamas Medical Centre closer to breaking even

DOCTORS Hospital is about three to three and a half years away from diversifying its business mix into a 50/50 split between its current core and medical tourism, its president telling Tribune Business that the BISX-listed healthcare provider’s Bahamas Medical Centre was moving closer to breaking even.

Devil in the detail

NHI - there wasn’t the detail in the debate?

'Give us licence to prove medical marijuana works'

A group advocating for the development of a marijuana industry in The Bahamas is seeking a “three to five year” research and development licence to grow and research certain medical attributes of marijuana.According to the BACARI, given current tren

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