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Patti Rose Smith was shocked and frightened when she was diagnosed with diabetes during a routine blood test.
Now, 18 months and 63lbs later, she says she has never felt better.
“When they tell you, immediately you go into shock,” she said. “You thin...
DATE: Nov 01, 2013
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Bermuda Hospitals Board is working to right the ship despite significant financial challenges, according to chairman Jonathan Brewin.
Meanwhile, BHB also acknowledged they are likely to be in debt by the end of the fiscal year despite a series of...
DATE: Nov 01, 2013
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Minister for Health Patricia Gordon-Pamplin has said that the impact on the community was at the forefront of the thinking surrounding the closing of the Lamb Foggo Urgent Care Centre.
However, while the need to provide a facility for the population ...
DATE: Nov 01, 2013
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Health
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Devonshire man in Supreme Court yesterday denied the fatal stabbing of 22-year-old Steven Jireh Iris.
Tyrone Pedro, 23, from The Glebe Road, pleaded not guilty to murdering Mr Iris in an incident on August 23.
Mr Iris was reportedly stabbed outside...
DATE: Nov 01, 2013
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Court
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Island’s population is still growing year-on-year, according to the Department of Statistics.
Despite reports of an exodus of foreign workers in recent years, the fourth annual Environmental Statistics Compendium released this week states that th...
DATE: Oct 31, 2013
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Devonshire man who admitted stealing codfish has been released on a conditional discharge.
Magistrates’ Court heard Stephen Pitt, 60, entered The Shopping Centre, on Victoria Street in Hamilton, at around 11.39am on March 7 and was seen placing two...
DATE: Oct 31, 2013
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Court
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
More than 20 young people this week took part in a workshop aimed at helping them deal with life’s changes.
The two-day workshop, ‘Who Moved My Cheese for Teens,’ was based on the best selling motivational book series ‘Who Moved My Cheese’, by Spence...
DATE: Oct 31, 2013
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A controversial subsidiary of the Bermuda Hospitals Board should be wound up by the end of the year, according to BHB chairman Jonathan Brewin.
Healthcare Partners Limited (HPL) was incorporated in 2008 to go into business with private partners as a ...
DATE: Oct 31, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A personal trainer was banned from driving for a year after she admitted driving while impaired.
Lori Rye, 37, from Hamilton Parish, was stopped by Police on October 25 on Middle Road in Paget after officers on mobile patrol saw her swerving in the r...
DATE: Oct 30, 2013
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Court
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A proposed development on the site of the ‘Queen of the East’ has been revised because the initial plan was “unworkable, unrealistic and not functional.”
The revised plan still calls for the demolition of the historic former brothel on Crow Lane in f...
DATE: Oct 30, 2013
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
