The Tribune

By DENISE MAYCOCK

Tribune Freeport Reporter

dmaycock@tribunemedia.net

DOCTORS Hospital’s brand new 25-bed facility is expected to be completed by the end of summer in Grand Bahama, according to chief financial officer Dennis Deveaux.

The West Mall Drive, Freeport project, estimated to be between $20m and $25m, will serve as a fully equipped private medical facility with full diagnostic capabilities.    

“We are happy with the progress of construction,” Mr Devaux said at the Grand Bahama Business Outlook held at the Grand Lucayan Resort last week.

Doctors Hospital, through a clinic in Freeport and Eight Mile Rock, currently employs about 90 people.

In 2022, Doctors Hospital partnered with Lucayan Medical Philanthropic Ltd to complete the acquisition of the First Commercial Center. The entity is backed by a trio of wealthy investors, including Pietro Steffanutti, principal of Pharmachem; Gregory Paton-Ash, and S Kent Rockwell, who hails from a noted American industrial family.

Doctors Hospital is also expanding in the Family Islands, with plans to open a full urgent care centre in George Town, Exuma, and another new medical facility in Rock Sound, Eleuthera.