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FNM calls for rethink on Rand Memorial project

THE Free National Movement is calling on the Christie Administration to reconsider its decision to cancel the Rand Memorial expansion and improvement project.

Darville asks: Is Grand Bahama project credible?

SENATOR Dr Michael Darville is questioning the “credibility” of government’s Heads of Agreement for a new $64 million medical school in Grand Bahama.

Mobile medical centre donated to Grand Bahama

A CONTAINER hospital donated by International Medical Corp was handed over to the Ministry of Health on Saturday to serve as a mobile clinic in East Grand Bahama.

REGULATIONS DELAY KEY MEDICAL BILL

By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net HEALTH care providers yesterday said they were still awaiting word on when the proposed Medical Care Improvements Bill would be implemented, the minister responsible for the sector

Workshop for IHIM launched on GB

GRAND Bahama Minister Dr Michael Darville told healthcare professionals at a workshop in Grand Bahama on the Integrated Health Information Management System that it is a “win, win for the Bahamian people” and plans are to implement it over the next 12 to 18 months.

Resort workers voice concerns after on site death and ‘illness’

WORKERS at Resorts World Bimini are raising concerns over the lack of a permanent doctor and proper medical facilities in Bimini after a worker collapsed and died, and others reportedly fell ill there over the weekend.

Gov’t eyes double return on ‘harsh health realities’

The Government plans to solve “the harsh realities” of Family Island healthcare by doubling the number of new and renovated clinics that will be overhauled via $45.5m in development financing.

IF YOU FLEW IN - QUARANTINE: PM pleads for new arrivals to self-isolate

PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis apologised yesterday for the distress people experienced when they arrived in New Providence from Grand Bahama on Tuesday and were unexpectedly quarantined at a government designated facility.

PM: Freeport ‘threat’ to Nassau unfounded

THE prime minister yesterday said fears that Freeport’s two mega cruise ports pose a threat to Nassau “make absolutely no economic sense” and are “devoid of facts”.

25 trained clinical nurses to work in Grand Bahama

GRAND Bahama Minister Dr Michael Darville applauded a new initiative that recently produced 25 trained clinical nurses, graduates of a programme that is the collaboration of the Public Hospitals Authority, the University of The Bahamas and the Ministry for Grand Bahama.

Extra pharmachem investment revealed during PM tour

The expansion project at Pharmachem Technologies in Freeport has significantly exceeded its original investment cost by some $60m and is now estimated to be around $180m.

75 JOBS FROM DOCTORS' $1M WESTERN MOVE

By NATARIO MCKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net DOCTORS Hospital plans to invest in excess of $1 million to re-open its Western Medical Plaza facility, its president telling Tribune Business yesterday that the move could ultimate

$200m hospital proponent concludes Bahamas visit

The president of a US-based health services exporter has concluded meetings in Nassau and Freeport, as it looks for the island that will be the ‘best fit’ for its proposed $200 million medical facility.

General surgeon appointed to stem cell facility rolle

THE first stem cell facility in the Bahamas is expected to open this summer and the operators have announced the addition of Dr Todd Malan to their executive medical team in Grand Bahama.

New medical centre conducts first surgeries

THE newly opened Bahamas Medical Centre conducted its first set of surgeries in the new facility. Gastroenterologist Dr Gemma Rolle was the first to utilise the state of the art operating theatre when she performed an Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD). Cosmetic surgeon Dr Greg Neil performed the first major surgical procedure: a breast reduction.

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