Exuma Community Remembers Doctor Who Died From COVID-19 Amid Vaccine Plea
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An Exuma-based doctor has died from COVID-19, as health officials press for Bahamians to become vaccinated.
Dr. Merceline Dahl-Regis, Chair National COVID-19 Vaccine Consultative Committee disclosed the death of Charles Wildgoose, a doctor in Exuma at the Di-ara Comprehensive Medical Center.
Dahl-Regis said she was informed of his death before speaking at the health update on Sunday afternoon.
Wildgoose was among two other healthcare workers infected with the virus and hospitalized, which included another doctor and a nurse.
Dahl-Regis stated that none of the healthcare workers were vaccinated, included Wildgoose.
Chief Medical Officer Pearl McMillan said just over 50 percent of healthcare workers are vaccinated.
“We have a long way to go. This is of grave concern as it relates to getting healthcare workers vaccinated,” McMillan said.
Speaking directly to healthcare workers, she said, “We must, we must colleagues, we must become vaccinated.”
Meantime, Exuma MP Chester Cooper described Wildgoose as a “calm and caring physician and a progressive entrepreneur who consistently wanted to expand and improve medical care in Exuma.”
FNM candidate for Exuma Jenny Isaacs-Dotson said Wildgoose’s death will have a “great impact on the Exuma community.”
