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The Cabinet Office has been ordered to decide whether to release records about the government lab set up to handle Covid-19 testing.
The Molecular Diagnostic and Research Laboratory was launched at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic in spring 2020 an...
DATE: May 12, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
A year ago, David Goonewardene was in a coma in a Boston hospital.
The teenager had been a passenger in a car that smashed into a wall on Knapton Hill one night in March, 2021.
David suffered horrific brain injuries in the crash, and there were fears...
DATE: May 10, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The Government has defended its use of Travel Authorisation forms, stating that they are essential in protecting Bermuda’s borders from Covid-19.
A spokeswoman for the Department of Health also dismissed reports that the form was deterring visitors, ...
DATE: May 06, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Nurses have been praised by Kim Wilson, the health minister, for their resilience through the Covid-19 pandemic.
In remarks at the Nurse of the Year luncheon on Sunday, Ms Wilson said: “This pandemic took a personal toll on healthcare workers, espec...
DATE: May 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Three deaths linked to Covid-19 were reported yesterday by health officials, bringing the island’s confirmed death toll from the pandemic to 134.
Bermuda also continues to see a climbing rate of new infections, with 409 active cases – the highest num...
DATE: May 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A Warwick Academy student who sustained a traumatic brain injury in a car crash last year is preparing to participate in the Convex End to End on Saturday.
David Goonewardene , 17, from Paget, will be joined by his schoolmates in the walk, which mar...
DATE: May 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
An auction of horse statues has raised $250,000 for a charity that provides therapy programmes for people with special needs.
All 20 life-size fibreglass statues of Tilly – a miniature filly who was a fixture of the WindReach centre’s animal therapy ...
DATE: May 04, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
After a two year absence due to the Covid-19 pandemic, World Asthma Day returned to Bermuda yesterday.
Musicians from Warwick Academy expanded their lungs to play wind and brass instruments while Open Airways staff and volunteers demonstrated equipm...
DATE: May 04, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
An award-winning nurse is calling for frontline health workers to have more say in how health services operate.
Irena Ashton made the recommendation in a letter to Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health, after being named Nurse of the Year.
Ms Ashton, wh...
DATE: May 03, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Increasing numbers of young people are being referred for help to battle eating disorders or have struggled with social anxiety, the Minister of Health said today.
Kim Wilson highlighted that although the Covid-19 pandemic affected children and teena...
DATE: May 03, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter