September 18, 2011
Doctors Hospital
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Doctors to slash nation’s 213-bed shortage by 32%
Doctors Hospital yesterday pledged it will slash The Bahamas’ 213-strong hospital bed shortage by almost one-third come 2025 through the opening of two new facilities.
COVID gives Doctors $58m top-line boost
Doctors Hospital has enjoyed a $58m revenue boost from COVID-19, it was revealed yesterday, helping to send net income soaring by 130 percent year-over-year for the 12 months to end-January 2022.
Doctors ‘completely confident’: COViD test staff grow by 100
Doctors Hospital is “completely and absolutely confident” it can meet new US COVID testing protocols and higher Christmas/New Year travel demand after a 100-strong staffing expansion.
Doctors ‘zeroing in’ on 1m COVID tests
Doctors Hospital is “zeroing in” on providing one million COVID-19 tests, it was revealed yesterday, with the majority of those provided to-date “key” to reviving the Bahamian economy.
Doctors Hospital ‘overrun’ with COVID-19 patients
DOCTORS Hospital is “overrun” with COVID-19 patients and continues to be pounded from the requirements of care required for people with the virus, according to its chief executive officer, Dr Charles Diggiss.
Doctors in COVID testing expansion
Doctors Hospital is aiming to expand its COVID-19 testing sites to southern New Providence after its newly-opened British Colonial Hilton location hit a “3,000 run rate within the first week”.
Doctors sees 75% growth in demand
Doctors Hospital has seen a 75 percent year-over-year increase in demand for its services based on top-line revenue growth during the first six months of its 2022 financial year, a senior executive has revealed.
Doctors in 40% public GB hospital ownership
Doctors Hospital is planning to offer at least a 40 percent collective ownership stake to Grand Bahamians in the $15m-$20m hospital it plans to open on that island by the 2022 second quarter.
Doctors in $7.747m COVID testing boost
Doctors Hospital enjoyed a $7.747m revenue boost as a result of administering more than 100,000 COVID-19 tests during the ten months to end-January 2021, it has been revealed.
Doctors’ GB plans gain $13.5m boost
Doctors Hospital’s president last night said a $13.5m Canadian investment will accelerate the launch of a Grand Bahama care facility “comparable to our New Providence” assets by 2022.
Doctors Hospital worker wins $30k for unfair sacking
A former Doctors Hospital employee has been awarded more than $30,000 after the BISX-listed healthcare provider was found to have unfairly terminated him following an industrial accident.
Doctors Hospital cuts 43 staff over 'blunt fiscal reality'
Doctors Hospital has revealed the termination of 43 workers after aggressive cost-cutting measures proved insufficient to offset “diminished patient activity”.The BISX-listed healthcare provider, in a statement issued at the weekend, warned that it w
Doctors Hospital closed for public safety
The decision to temporarily close Doctors Hospital to the general public was made by health officials in an effort to protect healthcare workers and the Bahamian public at large against the COVID-19 threat, according to Health Minister Dr Duane Sands.
BUSINESS BITES: Doctors Hospital - a little diamond in the rough
Investors should take a close look at Doctors Hospital Health System (DHS), our only non-Government full-service medical centre. DHS has never attracted much attention because of its small market capitalisation - ten million shares outstanding, trading at about $2.20 per share. But its recent Annual Report for the fiscal year to January 31, 2019 (released in June) should be required reading for it is positive news.
Paramedic groped by doctor sues hospital
A PARAMEDIC who was fired from Doctors Hospital is taking civil action against the hospital and her former colleague who groped her breast, The Tribune has learned.
Hospital workers ‘deeply saddened’ by colleague’s death
DOCTORS Hospital CEO Charles Sealy yesterday said the hospital’s entire staff is “deeply saddened” by the brutal murder of a man they all grew to know and love as “family.”
Doctors chief: VAT policy 'another nail in coffin'
Doctors Hospital’s president has blasted the Value-Added Tax (VAT) Bill’s “discrimination” against private healthcare, adding: “It’s just one more nail in the coffin.”
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.
Urgent appeal for blood
As you rush around, finishing up your Christmas shopping and preparations, please consider taking a half hour today or tomorrow to gift the most incredible gift of all - the gift of life.
Doctors: Patient days down 25% from 2010
Doctors Hospital Health Systems yesterday told Tribune Business it was “in the third year of a downward trend”, with patient days off 25 per cent compared to 2010 as it eyes “measurable growth” from its re-opening Bahamas Medical Centre.
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.
Doctors moves to counter $30-$40m health exports
Doctors Hospital Health Systems is targeting the international market as the natural “go to” sector, as it bids to counter the $30-$40 million spent annually by Bahamians on medical services abroad.
Doctors targets 50% global patient mix
DOCTORS Hospital Health Systems plans to re-open its Western Medical Plaza facility on September 1 after investing about $1.3
Doctors Hospital in dire need of blood
DOCTORS Hospital is appealing to the public to make blood donations.
Doctors targets $3.2m incapital upgrades for 2012
Doctors Hospital is planning to invest $3.2 million in capital projects during its current financial year, as it kicks-off "phased" expansion plans with two new
Blood plea
DOCTORS Hospital is appealing to the public to make blood donations.
Freedom of Information Act in parliament ‘before end of FNM term’
Pledge by Health Minister Dr Hubert Minnis
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