July 31, 2025
Minister of Health and Wellness Dr Michael Darville speaks in the House of Assembly on July 30, 2025. Photo: Dante Carrer/Tribune Staff
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New impetigo cases on decline
THE number of newly reported impetigo cases has declined significantly, with health officials recording just seven new infections this week in New Providence and Grand Bahama, according to Minister of Health and Wellness Dr Michael Darville.
Wilful neglect of old is ‘poison in society’
HEALTH and Wellness Minister Dr Michael Darville yesterday sought to ease fears over incoming elderly-care laws, insisting relatives who genuinely cannot afford to care for an older person, or who are estranged from them, will not be criminalised.
PHA late telling govt overtime fund ‘bust’
HEALTH and Wellness Minister Dr Michael Darville has expressed concern over why the government was not notified earlier that the Public Hospitals Authority had exhausted its overtime funds for medical staff, suggesting a breakdown in communication between the PHA and the government.
‘Nominal’ 50 cent sugary drinks tax can raise millions
Imposing just a “nominal” 50 cent tax on sugary drinks would raise “millions” towards closing The Bahamas’ public healthcare financing shortfall, a Cabinet minister disclosed yesterday, while asserting of the new National Health Strategy: “It’s not a pie in the sky wish list.”
Darville says new hospital will not worsen flooding on Perpall Tract
A CIVIL engineering report has concluded that the multi-million-dollar specialty hospital planned for the Perpall Tract area will not worsen flooding in nearby communities and is expected to help protect them, according to Health and Wellness Minister Dr Michael Darville.
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