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Donald Thomas III was hired as King Edward VII Memorial Hospital’s highly paid chief of staff without thorough checks being made into his background, according to the new Bermuda Hospitals Board.
BHB chairman Jonathan Brewin told Health Minister Patr...
DATE: Jun 26, 2013
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Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Men are often reluctant to go to the doctor for fear of hearing bad news or looking weak but they need to “know their numbers” when it comes to health, a meeting heard yesterday.
Rhonda Smith-Simmons, education officer for Bermuda Cancer and Health C...
DATE: Jun 12, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A heavily-criticised company set up by Bermuda Hospitals Board to go into business with private partners could be dissolved in the near future.
Healthcare Partners Ltd (HPL) has been mired in controversy since it was launched several years ago as an ...
DATE: Mar 27, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A patients’ group says any inquiry into Bermuda Hospitals Board’s clinical and corporate governance following the suspension of its head doctor needs to be entirely independent.
Bermuda Healthcare Advocacy Group issued a statement in response to the ...
DATE: Aug 06, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A patients' group is calling for Bermuda Hospitals Board to be more transparent and reveal why its chief of staff has been suspended from duty.
Mark Selley, one of the founders of Bermuda Healthcare Advocacy Group, told The Royal Gazette it was unacc...
DATE: Jul 25, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
An overseas consultant has asked Bermuda Hospitals Board to look again at a complaint he made against Dr Donald Thomas in light of the chief of staff’s suspension.
David Green, of IHI Consulting International in Ontario, told The Royal Gazette he got...
DATE: Jul 21, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A huge fire at Pembroke Dump had no long-term negative effect on the drinking water of nearby homes and businesses, Health Minister Zane DeSilva said yesterday.
He told a press conference that an analysis of water samples taken after the March 29 bla...
DATE: Jun 21, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Hospital chiefs are considering creating a private “Betty Ford-style” rehab clinic on the Island for celebrities and other wealthy patients.
The idea of an exclusive drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility is being looked at by a Bermuda Hospitals B...
DATE: Jun 06, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Former Health Minister Quinton Edness is calling on Government and the community to join forces to save the Island’s air ambulance.
The retired United Bermuda Party politician, who was airlifted to the US by Bermuda Air Medivac (BAM) after breaking h...
DATE: May 23, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Readers of The Royal Gazette have stumped up more than $37,000 to help pay for care for a 98-year-old widow who was ruled ineligible for state financial aid.
The plight of “Mrs O”, who has dementia and diabetes and was living alone in her rundown fam...
DATE: Apr 09, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
