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Two more people have fallen sick due to an unknown bug affecting a ward at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital.
Gordon Ward remains closed to admissions, and unwell patients are being kept under isolation.
Seven of the 12 patients initially affected ha...
DATE: Feb 27, 2013
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Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Reopening the medical clinic five years after it was controversially shut, will offer a fresh start from its stigmatised history, said a physician who worked at the facility.
Stanley James said he welcomed news of Government’s pledge to bring the cli...
DATE: Jan 18, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The financing of Bermuda’s new hospital facility didn’t come cheap, conceded former Health Minister Zane DeSilva, who advised his successor to keep cost management on the front burner.
New Minister Patricia Gordon-Pamplin stated recently that the pub...
DATE: Jan 14, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
More than five years after its controversial closure, the Medical Clinic is to open under the One Bermuda Alliance.
Health Minister Patricia Gordon-Pamplin vowed to have the clinic — which served vulnerable patients such as the homeless, elderly and ...
DATE: Jan 10, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The final cost of Bermuda’s new hospital will prove higher than many expect, new Health Minister Patricia Gordon-Pamplin has warned.
But, in a candid interview with The Royal Gazette, the Minister promised to be keep the public informed as to where t...
DATE: Jan 09, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A new programme to attract Bermudians into the nursing profession has been launched at the Bermuda College.
The Nursing Education Pathway initiative has seen the Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) added to the college’s offerings.
The first nursing co...
DATE: Dec 11, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Island is down one heart specialist — but a Bermuda Hospitals Board spokeswoman said care for patients won’t be interrupted by the departure.
The BHB confirmed that cardiologist John Doherty had terminated his contract.
However, added the spokesw...
DATE: Dec 08, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A recent loss of key psychologists in the Island’s prison system has significantly cut the level of treatment on offer to inmates, according to social campaigner Sheelagh Cooper.
The former Parole Board member told The Royal Gazette: “At any given ti...
DATE: Nov 20, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A planned year-long “implementation phase” of the National Health Plan will begin on April 1.
The move was one of several Throne Speech initiatives expanded on by Health Minister Zane DeSilva yesterday.
He said that two of six task forces appointed a...
DATE: Nov 09, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Government Health Insurance will expand to cover bills for generic drugs and GP visits, according to the Throne Speech.
Prescription drug benefits under the FutureCare insurance plan are also to be amended, to pay the full cost of generic medications...
DATE: Nov 05, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
