EDUCATION AND HEALTHCARE COMING TOGETHER: Doctors Hospital and BTVI sign MOU

Collaborations include upskilling and training, internship and job placement, among others NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Doctors Hospital Bahamas (DHBL) and the Bahamas Technical and Vocational Institute (BTVI) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to explore opportunities for collaboration to their mutual benefit. The MOU, valid for a period of five years initially, outlines a number […]

“TESTING WORKS”: Doctor’s Hospital at just under 700K COVID tests to date; positivity rate lower for regular testers

“Testing was clearly tied to the opening of the economy” DHHS plans to open 30-bed hospital on GB next fall NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Doctor’s Hospital has conducted just under 700,000 COVID-19 tests and found that positivity rates were three times lower for people engaged in weekly employer-mandated testing programs, according to a top executive. Dennis […]

HEALTHCARE IN DEMAND: Doctor’s Hospital sees 25% year-over-year rebound in non-COVID business

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Doctors Hospital Chief Financial Officer Dennis Deveaux said yesterday the BISX-listed healthcare provider’s non-COVID-related business was up about 25 percent year-over-year, a reversal of the trend seen at the onset of the pandemic. Deveaux told Eyewitness News there has been resurgence in healthcare demand. “Our non-COVID business is up about 25 percent […]

Woman claims COVID-19 concierge service gave her fraudulent test results

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — A 45-year-old woman was arraigned in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday for possessing and uttering a forged coronavirus test. Margo Elaine Dean, 45, of Sassoon Drive, appeared before Chief Magistrate Joyann Ferguson-Pratt on the charges and pleaded not guilty. According to court documents, Dean presented a forged Doctor’s Hospital System negative COVID-19 RT-PCR […]