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PAHO Tours Grand Bahama Facilities for Ebola Preparedness
Oct 30, 2014 - 6:39:14 PM

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Acting Permanent Secretary, Marco Rolle; the Hon. Dr. Michael Darville, Minister for Grand Bahama; Dr. Glen Beneby, Chief Medical Officer, Ministry of Health; Dr. Roberta Andraghetti - Regional Advisor, International Health Regulations, Pan American Health Organization.

FREEPORT, Grand Bahama – Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Representatives toured the Rand Memorial Hospital as well as the Freeport Container Port, Grand Bahama Airport and US Customs, and Hawksbill Clinic led by Minister for Grand Bahama the Hon. Dr. Michael Darville, October 26. PAHO toured and inspected the facilities as part of nationwide Ebola preparedness. Photos show them at Rand Memorial Hospital, Grand Bahama Airport, and at the Container Port. (BIS Photos/Vandyke Hepburn)



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Touring the Rand Memorial Hospital from left: Dr. Frank Bartlett, Advisor to PAHO/head of GB Task Force; Dr. Roberta Andraghetti, Regional Advisor, International Health Regulations, PAHO; Dr. Gerry Eijkemans - PAHO/WHO Representative, The Bahamas and The Turks & Caicos Islands; Herbert Brown, Managing Director, Public Hospitals Authority; Administrator Catherine Weech, Rand Memorial Hospital.

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Dr. Roberta Andraghetti, Regional Advisor for International Health Regulations, PAHO; the Hon. Dr. Michael Darville, Minister for Grand Bahama; and Dr. Gerry Eijkemans, PAHO/WHO Representative for The Bahamas and The Turks & Caicos Islands, tour the Grand Bahama Airport.

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Group shot at the Container Port with teams from Nassau and Grand Bahama.

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Local and international (PAHO/WHO) health personnel tour GB facilities as part of Ebola preparedness.

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Meeting of local and international health representatives at the Ministry for Grand Bahama. The Hon. Dr. Michael Darville addresses them. On his right are PAHO representatives Dr. Roberta Andraghetti and Dr. Gerry Eijkemans, and on his left, Chief Medical Officer Dr. Glen Beneby; Managing Director of Public Hospitals Authority Herbert Brown; GB Advisor to PAHO/head of Task Force Dr. Frank Bartlett; and Rand Memorial Hospital Administrator

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