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Parents yesterday told of their panic on finding that the woman hired to look after their baby had tested positive for tuberculosis — and kept silent.
The shock revelation prompted the infant’s parents to quarantine themselves and warn others.
The co...
DATE: Oct 26, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Savings of $4 million have been reaped by the Bermuda Hospitals Board through cutting down on contracts and consulting, its 2011 Annual Report reveals.
The report, presented yesterday by Health Minister Zane DeSilva, also shows a marked rise in satis...
DATE: Sep 20, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Proponents of out-of-hospital childbirth have won Immigration approval to bring their own midwives to the Island.
The Bermuda Integrated Health Cooperative received permission after the Bermuda Medical Council confirmed it didn’t need a full medical ...
DATE: Sep 05, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Patients’ advocate Allan DeSilva, whose wife Sylvia died following a long battle with complications to her illness, has vowed to carry on with her fight for an independent commission to look into the Bermuda Hospitals Board.
The Bermuda Healthcare Ad...
DATE: Aug 22, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Trimming the Island’s runaway spending on overseas healthcare doesn’t necessarily mean searching for cheaper hospitals abroad, a US medical expert warned.
Residents’ spending on treatment outside Bermuda neared the $100 million mark last year — and ...
DATE: Aug 17, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Government is the top culprit for the Island’s “skyrocketing” health costs, the Opposition has charged.
Shadow Health Minister Michael Dunkley also accused Government of stalling on the release of financial statements from the Bermuda Hospitals Boar...
DATE: Aug 01, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Anxieties linger in the healthcare industry, over tomorrow’s deadline for the end of upfront charges on the insured portion of a doctor or dentist’s service.
Bermuda Dental Association head Chris Allington told The Royal Gazette: “I think there is a ...
DATE: Jul 31, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The latest grim forecast for the Island’s health costs has underlined the need for a unified effort, insurers BF&M have warned.
The Bermuda Health Council has projected that locals will spend $1.7 billion on their healthcare in 2021.
Said BF&M presid...
DATE: Jul 30, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Island’s rising cost of healthcare “may present challenges with respect to sustainability and affordability”, according to the latest National Health Accounts Report.
However, Health Minister Zane DeSilva said Government was nonetheless in a good...
DATE: Jul 27, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Department of Health said it is moving swiftly to improve accounting, after the latest figures for Government health insurance drew fire from the Opposition.
“Data clean-up projects” are expected to be finished by the year's end, a spokeswoman to...
DATE: Jul 25, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
