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New aquatic therapies for people with intellectual disabilities were highlighted at a recent celebration at Clearwater Beach.
Bermuda Hospitals Board’s Community Intellectual Disability Team highlighted the therapies at its recent Exceptional Fall BB...
DATE: Oct 10, 2022
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Health
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News Staff
The Minister of Health, Kim Wilson, is to hold a press conference today at 10.30am which is expected to focus on the coronavirus pandemic and how the island moves forward.
It comes after the minister announced earlier this week that emergency powers ...
DATE: Sep 29, 2022
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Health
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News Staff
The Bermuda Hospitals Board has appointed a new head of technology ahead of the launch of an electronic medical record system.
Keltie Jamieson takes over the role of chief hospital information officer, a post left vacant since 2015.
Ms Jamieson, who ...
DATE: Sep 28, 2022
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Health
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News Staff
Scholarships totalling $10,000 have been awarded to three students by the Hospitals Auxiliary of Bermuda.
Chelsea Basden, who is doing pre-med biology at Denison University, Ohio, received $5,000.
Saraé Botelho was given $2,500 for studying science a...
DATE: Sep 02, 2022
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Health
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News Staff
A bid to get more people to give blood has been launched with a competition for company employees.
The tenth corporate blood drive aims to focus attention on giving help to the wider community through the month of August.
Firms are given points rega...
DATE: Aug 13, 2022
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Health
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News Staff
The Bermuda Health Council has reinstated a mask mandate after a rise in the number of Covid-19 cases.
A spokesperson for the BHeC said: “Due to the increase of coronavirus cases, the mask mandate has been reinstated at the Bermuda Health Council sta...
DATE: Jul 19, 2022
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Health
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News Staff
One more person has died due to Covid-19 and 28 people are in now hospital, the Government announced last night.
“Sadly, we had a coronavirus-related death since our last update,” said Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health. “I extend my heartfelt condo...
DATE: Jul 14, 2022
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Health
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News Staff
Nurses have been praised by Kim Wilson, the health minister, for their resilience through the Covid-19 pandemic.
In remarks at the Nurse of the Year luncheon on Sunday, Ms Wilson said: “This pandemic took a personal toll on healthcare workers, espec...
DATE: May 05, 2022
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Health
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News Staff
The Lamb Foggo Urgent Care Centre will return to its normal Monday to Friday hours of 2pm to 10pm tomorrow, the Bermuda Hospitals Board announced today.
Weekday hours at the UCC were reduced in January to 6pm to 10pm due to staffing shortages.
Week...
DATE: May 02, 2022
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Health
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News Staff
The Department of Health’s child health mascot, Bermy Germy, took to the streets today with staff to dance walk around Hamilton to promote vaccinations.
While Bermuda had a successful mass immunisation programme in the fight to reduce the transmissi...
DATE: Apr 27, 2022
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Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff