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A fifty year tradition of the Altrusa Club continued this year when its members got together to lend support to another charity.
Since the club's inception in 1948, Altrusa Club members have devoted, as part of their community service at Christmas, ...
DATE: Dec 17, 2002
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Almost nine years to the day that the Bermuda Red Cross's Hospital Equipment Rental Service moved to its present location at the Old Hospital, they will be moving again... this time to a permanent and more spacious home just down the road.
As of the ...
DATE: Nov 29, 2002
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Without fail Fred Clipper can be found in a cramped room at the Hospital Equipment Rental Service fixing and maintaining the equipment - no mean feat considering he is 91 years old and has lost almost all his sight!
He knows the equipment so well he ...
DATE: Nov 29, 2002
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Bermuda Junior Service League will host their annual Christmas Tea fundraising event, "Silver & Gold" on Sunday between 2.00 and 5.00 p.m. at Westmeath Residential and Nursing Home on Pitt's Bay Road.
Tea, festive decor, crafts, baking and raffle bas...
DATE: Nov 29, 2002
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Now incorporated as a charity, Slippers for Charity is planning a major fundraising next week in order to raise funds to assist special needs children in Bermuda.
Next Friday members are the workforce are urged - if their employers allow it - to wear...
DATE: Nov 22, 2002
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At $2.5 million for the machine and another $1 million for renovations of the area of the hospital where it is housed, the recently arrived MRI machine is an expensive undertaking.
But both Dr. Daniel Stovell, Director of Diagnostic Imaging at King E...
DATE: Nov 22, 2002
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The long-awaited MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) will soon be providing a service in Bermuda that previously residents had to travel abroad for.
It is anticipated that the machine, recently installed on the ground floor at King Edward VII Hospital, ...
DATE: Nov 19, 2002
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It wasn't as dreaded as major surgery, but there was still some nervousness when I went down to the hospital recently for an MRI scan, at the invitation of Manager of Diagnostic Imaging, Elaine Williams to be one of the 25 volunteers.
Medical personn...
DATE: Nov 19, 2002
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The 'splash and dash' speed at which people wash their hands isn't going to prevent a number of diseases from spreading, the Department of Health wants the public to know.
Proper handwashing can prevent many diseases, including diseases spread throug...
DATE: Nov 15, 2002
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A new charity with a mission of helping the families of the challenged has ceased operation following a decline in interest and member participation.
C.O.W. Assistance for Families of the Challenged, which was set up by Canadian Marni Williams-Oram i...
DATE: Nov 12, 2002
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