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Soaring healthcare costs threaten to bankrupt Government unless the One Bermuda Alliance can put the brakes on “a runaway fast car”, Finance Minister Bob Richards said yesterday.
The Minister warned an ageing population is putting increasing demands ...
DATE: Feb 22, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
A patients’ group repeated its call for Bermuda Hospitals Board to share its salaries and bonuses with the public, following the release of its annual report.
BHB saved $4 million by cutting down on contracts and consulting, according to its 2011 rep...
DATE: Oct 01, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Hospital bosses are still pondering the future of chief of staff Donald Thomas, two months after he was suspended.
Campaigners yesterday repeated their call for Bermuda Hospitals Board to reveal why the head doctor was placed on administrative leave ...
DATE: Sep 11, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Bermuda Hospitals Board staff are visiting a number of overseas hospitals to pick up tips as they continue to oversee the redevelopment of the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital.
Media reports in the UK say health teams from Bermuda were recently at t...
DATE: Jul 17, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
People are now able to pay their HIP and FutureCare premiums online through Butterfield online banking.
Announcing the move at a press conference, Health Minister Zane DeSilva said it should help those who find it inconvenient to pay in person. Onlin...
DATE: Jun 27, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Bermuda Hospitals Board will be showing off its automated lab equipment at an open house tomorrow.
The public will get chance to see medical technologists performing tests on a tour of the lab from 8am to noon.
Pathology manager Kathy Stephens said i...
DATE: Apr 27, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
A blind 78-year-old veteran is battling to get funds to visit experts in the United States he hopes could restore some of his vision.
Alan Burrows, a former captain of Bermuda Regiment who has been diagnosed with end-stage glaucoma and lost his visio...
DATE: Apr 26, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Former Premier Sir John Swan is being honoured at Bermuda Health Foundation’s 10th annual Salute to Service Award Luncheon at the Fairmont Hamilton.
His leadership negotiating the United States/Bermuda Reinsurance Treaty during his 13-year stint as P...
DATE: Mar 21, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
MPs will today debate a proposed new law banning upfront payment for healthcare services, amid opposition from doctors and dentists.
The regulations will stop healthcare providers making patients pay the insured portion of their bill before reclaimin...
DATE: Mar 19, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Seven children aged younger than 15 caught sexually transmitted diseases in 2011.
Six of them, all in the 10-14 age bracket, got confirmed cases of chlamydia, health officials revealed yesterday as they urged parents to teach their children better se...
DATE: Feb 15, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
