Nelson Blake Ainsworth Bascome, Jr. (14 September 1955 – 14 July 2009) was a former Minister of Health in

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Bascome was first elected to the

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in 1989 for the constituency of Pembroke East. He was re-elected in 1993, 1998, 2003 and 2007. Bascome was first sworn in as Minister on 10 November 1998. In 2007, he was charged with theft and corruption. Bascome's early education in Bermuda was at Prospect Primary School, Whitney Institute High School and the Bermuda College. In 1976 he achieved an associated Degree in Dental Technology from Kerpel School of Dental Technology in

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, and a Bachelor's Degree from

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in Baltimore, Maryland in 1980. Bascome returned home to be employed and continued his studies, obtaining a Master's Degree from Webster and

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Universities in 1985. In 1993 he was the first Bermudian to become a Certified Employee Assistance Professional and established the first drug-free sports policy in Bermuda.Don Burgess, "Health Minister Nelson Bascome dies overseas", ''Bermuda Sun'', 14 July 2009.
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