Health & Wellness

Health Minister Darville tours Exuma hospital with DPM Cooper on Thursday, October 14, 2021. Dr. Darville also made medical facility assessment tours in Cat Island and Long Island on this trip. (BIS Photos/Ulric Woodside) The Bahamas Ministry...

On Friday, September 24th, 2021, new Health and Wellness Minister Michael Darville, announced a range of eased travel measures, to lift the financial burden from Bahamian travellers, while commenting that the changes still ensure public health...

The Bahamas’ Office of the Governor-General on Monday, August 16th, released a statement, informing the Bahamian public that the Governor-General, The Most Honourable Sir Cornelius A. Smith, O.N. GCMG, had tested positive for COVID-19. The...

The Public Hospitals Authority (PHA) on Thursday, August 12th, 2021 advised the public that the Princess Margaret Hospital and the Grand Bahama Health Services were experiencing a ‘sick out’ which had impacted services beginning at 8am....

Prime Minister Minnis during a National Address on July 28th, 2021. The Government will spend $7.2 million to engage medical staff, and 18 hospital beds will be added to the Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) inventory as part of the continued...

A 10pm to 5am daily curfew will take effect on Monday 26 July 2021 for the islands of New Providence, Grand Bahama and North and South Eleuthera, including Harbour Island. The curfew, as announced by the Office of the Prime Minister, is said...

Incident and Cumulative COVID-19 Cases by Epi Week – March 15th 2020 to July 21st 2021 for ELEUTHERA. Minister of Health, Renward Wells, during his presentation at a press conference hosted by the Ministry of Health on Friday afternoon,...

  (Wednesday, July 22nd, 2021)  The Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) is making an urgent appeal for the public to make arrangements directly or via legal representatives for the collection of their deceased loved ones from the hospital...

Bahamas Minister of Health Renward Wells presenting in the House of Assembly during June 2021 budget debate. During his budget contribution in the House of Assembly in June 2021, Minister of Health, Renward Wells commented on some of the health...

National COVID-19 Vaccine Consultative Committee receives 3,496 vaccines as a result of donations from UK Overseas Territories, Anguilla and Montserrat. The Bahamas received 3,496 doses of the COVID-19 AstraZeneca vaccine, as the result of a...