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Government has confirmed reports that seniors who fall behind in paying their FutureCare premiums will have their prescription drugs payments suspended.
And FutureCare clients who do not pay within 90 days of notification will have their policies ter...
DATE: Mar 09, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Government has confirmed that seniors who fall behind on paying their FutureCare premiums will have payments suspended on prescription drugs.
However, the coverage will be restored once arrears are paid up.
A Health department spokeswoman said: “It i...
DATE: Mar 08, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Only a fraction of the Government funds set aside to overhaul the ageing Lefroy House seniors facility has actually been spent, according to Health Minister Zane DeSilva.
Mr DeSilva gave a breakdown of spending in response to criticism from members o...
DATE: Feb 29, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Jump rope workshops to encourage cardiac health are getting a boost from the Argus Group.
US jump athletes the Comet Skippers will be flown to the Island as part of the Bermuda Heart Foundation’s ‘Jump 2B Fit’ programme.
The Bermuda Heart Foundation ...
DATE: Feb 27, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Excavations for new facilities at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital uncovered a number of “sand pockets” at the site.
A spokesman for Paget Health Services, the company in charge of construction, said that naturally occurring voids and sand seams are...
DATE: Dec 30, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The community has rallied behind the cause of elderly widow Mrs O, a housebound 98-year-old suffering from dementia and in need of constant care.
Two weeks after the Lady Cubitt Compassionate Association (LCCA) stepped forward to collect donations, t...
DATE: Dec 29, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The hunt for low-cost healthcare has led one campaigner to a UK provider which she believes could treat Bermudians, including the elderly, at a substantially lower cost than in the US.
Searching for treatment for Bermuda’s war veterans and their fami...
DATE: Dec 28, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Movember challenge to grow a moustache and get sponsorship in support of men’s health brought in $64,000 last month for the Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre.
Out of the 162 “MoBros” (56 individuals and ten teams), The Royal Gazette’s own Alex Wri...
DATE: Dec 02, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The proclamation of World Aids Day in front of City Hall came with a minute’s silence, marking Bermuda’s decades of struggle with the epidemic.
Students from Harrington Sound Primary School, Somersfield and Whitney Institute addressed a crowd on the ...
DATE: Dec 02, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Two conferences tackling health finance issues conferences are to be held next week.
They follow on the release of a final version of Bermuda’s National Health Plan earlier this month.
The Health Financing Summit on November 21 is an invitation-only ...
DATE: Nov 15, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
