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One of Bermuda's premier charity events is under threat after the withdrawal of the main sponsors.
Last night insurance giants Ace Limited announced that they would not be sponsoring this year's Celebrity Golf Classic, due to be held at the beginning...
DATE: Mar 05, 1998
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Speculation that nearly 30 jobs could be axed at the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital has come under fire.
And health chiefs criticised a story in yesterday's Royal Gazette which revealed the full recommendations of a report on staff restructuring.
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DATE: Mar 04, 1998
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axed, according to a shock report by a Canadian consultant.
And it is feared that fully-trained nurses could be replaced by lesser-qualified nursing assistants in a bid to cut soaring health costs.
Also on the consultant's hit-list are the maternity ...
DATE: Mar 03, 1998
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cleaning programme on their main water tank after hundreds of guests became violently ill from drinking contaminated water.
General manager Mark Conklin described the hotel's water system as "a very old infrastructure'' which required extensive work ...
DATE: Mar 03, 1998
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An elderly Canadian visitor has applauded hotel and hospital staff after they saved her life.
Elra Schoen, 72, was visiting the Island with her husband Tony for the first time when she collapsed at the White Sands Hotel in Paget last week.
Hotel staf...
DATE: Mar 03, 1998
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A working mother with four children spent a day in a Police cell after failing to pay a $200 medical bill.
Tonya Durham, was marched before Magistrate Arthur Hodgson by bailiffs on Tuesday morning.
She then spent the rest of the day behind bars at Ha...
DATE: Mar 02, 1998
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handling of the epidemic that struck down hundreds of guests two weeks ago.
Attorney Arthur Levine, who runs a practice in Boston, Massachusetts, is representing nine guests who are demanding compensation after being hit by the bug.
Mr. Levine is fil...
DATE: Feb 28, 1998
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A hospital boss has publicly defended a decision not to allow a recently qualified gynaecologist to practice her speciality on the Island.
The Hospitals Board refused to grant Dr. Wendy Woods full privileges because she is not yet board certified eve...
DATE: Feb 28, 1998
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Bermuda - because hospital by-laws do not recognise her training.
Dr. Wendy Woods completed residency training in obstetrics and gynaecology in America last year.
But her visa meant she had to return home without completing a final oral exam to becom...
DATE: Feb 27, 1998
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A leading Bermudian doctor has questioned why health chiefs failed to spot a hotel's water supply as the culprit which struck down hundreds of guests at the Marriott Castle Harbour Hotel nearly two weeks ago.
Dr. Ewart Brown last night claimed he tho...
DATE: Feb 27, 1998
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