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About 50 demonstrators marched on the Cabinet building yesterday to protest what they claim is discrimination by health officials.
Patients of the Hamilton Medical Centre say that a decision by the Bermuda Health Council to deny the clinic the right ...
DATE: Jun 01, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A month-long celebration of the nursing profession came to a close with a candlelit ceremony at Barr’s Bay Park last night.
In keeping with the theme of Nurses Month 2022, Triumphantly We Move Forward, keynote speaker Gaynell Hayward-Caesar highlight...
DATE: Jun 01, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Paediatric doses of the Covid-19 vaccine will not be available after today, according to the health department.
Current stocks of the vaccine — which has been available to children from the age of 5 since February — will expire at the end of this mo...
DATE: May 31, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Efforts must be made to protect the island’s care homes, the One Bermuda Alliance has said.
Susan Jackson, the area MP, said she was disappointed by reports that Westmeath, the island’s largest seniors home, was struggling to address severe financial...
DATE: May 31, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Minister of Health has denied allegations of discrimination over which healthcare providers can be included under the standard healthcare benefit in advance of a protest today.
Patients of the Hamilton Medical Centre are expected to protest this ...
DATE: May 31, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The island’s largest care home for seniors is struggling with severe financial challenges due to stringent Covid-19 regulations, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
Westmeath Residential and Nursing Home, a private facility on Pitts Bay Road, has 50 elderl...
DATE: May 30, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
Bermuda lacks a legal framework covering adults with intellectual disabilities — from safeguarding the vulnerable to rules surrounding giving consent for treatment.
A town hall meeting this week reviewed the continuing work for a national plan coveri...
DATE: May 30, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Charitable rest homes hit by the Covid-19 pandemic have received a welcome cash injection totalling $200,000.
The donation to four rest homes was made by the Lady Cubitt Compassionate Association, and will be used to buy medical equipment and person...
DATE: May 30, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A labour of love by an insurance executive who lost his wife to cancer is closing in on a half-million dollars raised for research into the disease.
Kevin Maloney, who has run in Bermuda events to raise funds for children’s cancer charity St Baldrick...
DATE: May 28, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
The highly controversial Travel Authorisation form will stay in place even if all other emergency Covid measures are dropped because the Government needs the money it generates, a senator has said.
Arianna Hodgson, junior health and finance minister,...
DATE: May 26, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
