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A health watchdog has warned that checks being carried out on “high risk” medical equipment in Bermuda are inadequate and do not guarantee public safety.
Ricky Brathwaite, programme manager for health economics at Bermuda Health Council, likened a pr...
DATE: Sep 09, 2016
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Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Ewart Brown has dismissed allegations that a doctor at his medical clinic has ordered excessive, medically unnecessary tests for patients in order to profit the business.
Mahesh Reddy was arrested by detectives after an early-morning raid at his home...
DATE: Sep 02, 2016
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Other
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Sam Strangeways
A gay Bermudian and his fiancé have been granted leave to argue in the Supreme Court that they should be allowed to wed on the island.
Winston Godwin and Greg DeRoche, who live in Toronto, had their application to marry rejected by the Registrar-Gene...
DATE: Aug 31, 2016
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Environmental health inspectors are carrying out fewer visits to daycare facilities and preschools due to staff shortages, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
The officers carry out annual checks to ensure hygienic and safe conditions at each premises befo...
DATE: Aug 31, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A trip to Bermuda by executives from Las Vegas casino giant Caesars cost the island's gaming regulator $2,000, according to records released under the Public Access to Information Act.
The visit by Caesars representatives Greg Miller and Jan Jones-Bl...
DATE: Aug 24, 2016
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Parents caught up in “highly emotional” custody cases need to keep in mind the potentially huge costs of pursuing legal action, according to Family Centre’s Martha Dismont.
Ms Dismont, speaking after a Supreme Court judge ordered a father to pay a $1...
DATE: Aug 19, 2016
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Other
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Sam Strangeways
A father who racked up a legal bill of $129,000 in a custody battle for his child has been ordered by a court to pay his former lawyers in full.
The man, who has already paid $65,600 to Marshall Diel & Myers, must now stump up an outstanding $63,893,...
DATE: Aug 18, 2016
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A freedom of information request has been denied regarding allegations of misconduct against the doctor who was the top medic at Bermuda’s only hospital for five years.
Donald Thomas, who is likely to have earned more than $500,000 a year while emplo...
DATE: Aug 08, 2016
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
The head of a children’s charity has described as “completely absurd” a refusal by the Government to release health and safety records for Bermuda’s childcare facilities.
Sheelagh Cooper, from the Coalition for the Protection for Children, said the D...
DATE: Aug 03, 2016
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Other
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Sam Strangeways
A Bermuda College course launched in 2012 to address a shortage of nurses on the island has yet to produce a single qualified nurse.
Seventeen students have so far graduated from the college’s Nursing Pathways Programme with an Associate Degree in Sc...
DATE: Jul 27, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways