Emergency medical dispatchers temporarily relocated to PHA Corporate Training Centre

As of Friday, August 21, 2020

The Public Hospitals Authority (PHA) has temporarily relocated Emergency Medical Dispatchers from their previous location at the Police Control Room to the PHA’s Corporate Offices in Centreville. The relocated dispatch call centre went live at 4pm Friday August 21, 2020 and will operate from the PHA’s Corporate Offices until further notice.

During this period, calling 919 will not connect you to an Emergency Medical Dispatcher.

In the event of a medical emergency, or to reach an ambulance dispatcher the public is asked to call 323-2597, 323-2586, 376-9000 or 814-2742.

The public will be notified once Emergency Medical Dispatchers return to the Police Control Room.

The public is strongly urged to pay attention to all public health announcements, public service announcements and updates regarding health and hospital services during this time.

trueBahamian 3 years, 7 months ago

This went live yesterday, but, people were not informed before the change. Makes sense. Why the sudden change?

If they have to move, isn't it possible to use the same number at another location? I've seen countless examples of this done. So, why isn't that possible here?

Will the public get a message when they call 919 informing them of these numbers? If we can create 311, 511, etc we couldn't create a much easier to remember 3 digit emergency number?

This country is just one big joke and the government is making the people a part of the punchline.