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The founders of a new patients’ group have had what they described as a “positive meeting” with bosses at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital.
Mark Selley and Allan DeSilva met yesterday morning with Bermuda Hospitals Board chief executive officer Davi...
DATE: Mar 01, 2012
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Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A husband angry at the treatment his sick wife received at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital has formed a group for other dissatisfied patients and relatives.
Allan DeSilva, 77, says more than 25 people have agreed to join his committee, which is cal...
DATE: Feb 28, 2012
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Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Allan DeSilva claims his wife Silvia came out of King Edward VII Memorial Hospital at the end of last year with problems she hadn’t gone in with.
Mrs DeSilva, 71, is diabetic and was admitted for pain management in August. According to her husband, s...
DATE: Feb 28, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Four years ago, Raymond Evans began suffering from a “gagging feeling” which was so bad that he took himself to King Edward VII Memorial Hospital’s emergency room.
“They said there was nothing wrong,” said the 62-year-old. “I left. I told myself it w...
DATE: Feb 28, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
John Pacheco's complaint dates back to September 2007, when he says he suffered kidney failure during a stay at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital.
The 53-year-old, who has had both legs and seven fingers amputated due to poor circulation caused by hi...
DATE: Feb 28, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Michael DeCosta and his two siblings regret that their elderly father Edward ever went into King Edward VII Memorial in December 2009.
The 84-year-old had Lou Gehrig’s disease, which is also known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, meaning he’d lost c...
DATE: Feb 28, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Nurses at King Edward VII Memorial are offering free health screenings tomorrow in honour of Healthy Heart Month.
The screenings will be in the hospital lobby between 11am and 2pm and will include tests for blood pressure, blood sugar, weight circumf...
DATE: Feb 21, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Patient satisfaction with acute care services at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital rose last year, according to figures released yesterday.
A survey carried out on behalf of Bermuda Hospitals Board (BHB) found that levels of satisfaction increased in...
DATE: Feb 17, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Opposition MP Louise Jackson has called on Bermuda Hospitals Board to make public a report by US experts on the state of the Continuing Care Unit at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital.
She said yesterday she welcomed the news that experts from Massach...
DATE: Feb 14, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A review of King Edward VII Memorial Hospital’s $13,800-a-month Continuing Care Unit has been done by experts from Boston.
But Bermuda Hospitals Board say the completed report from clinical partners at Massachusetts General Hospital is not for public...
DATE: Feb 13, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
