July 2, 2025
Bahamas Nurses Union (BNU) President Muriel Lightbourn speaks during a press conference at BNU headquarters on July 1, 2025. Photo: Dante Carrer/Tribune Staff
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Nurses sick out for overtime pay
A MASS sick out by nurses coupled with ongoing shortages at the Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) severely affected healthcare services yesterday, leaving some patients waiting for hours and forcing others to return home.
BNU chief ‘traumatised’ by brazen daylight robbery
BAHAMAS Nurses Union president Muriel Lightbourn said she was left shaken but grateful to be alive after a brazen daylight robbery in Chippingham last week, during which a thief opened her car door and stole her belongings while she sat inside.
BNU chief vows transparency in hospital death investigation
AS investigations continue into the death of Clanesha Adderley at the Princess Margaret Hospital, Bahamas Nurses Union (BNU) president Muriel Lighbourn said she would not speculate on what happened until the probe is complete, but assured that the concerns are being taken seriously.
Nurses Union chief says new facility won’t solve overcrowding at PMH
BAHAMAS Nurses Union president Muriel Lightbourne said the $201m loan secured for constructing a new specialty hospital should instead be directed to urgent gaps across the existing healthcare network, insisting the country cannot adequately staff or manage its current facilities and that the planned hospital will not relieve system-wide overcrowding.
Unions push back against PHA plan to replace badge swiping with fingerprints
KEY unions representing healthcare workers are pushing back against the Public Hospitals Authority’s plan to replace badge swiping with biometric fingerprint scanning, arguing the move is not only unlawful, but raises serious privacy concerns.
BNU chief accuses Darville of hypocrisy on ministry's handling of suspended nurses
BAHAMAS Nurses Union President Muriel Lightbourn yesterday accused Health and Wellness Minister Dr Michael Darville of hypocrisy over his ministry’s handling of suspended nurses, as she revealed that more than 30 public health nurses have been suspended since she took office in 2023.
Efforts to draft new industrial agreement expected before year’s end, says union chief
BAHAMAS Nurses Union (BNU) president Muriel Lightbourn says the union is pushing to sign a new industrial agreement by the end of October.
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