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An event to help people with asthma moves to a new venue in Hamilton today.
Open Airways will mark World Asthma Day at the Victoria Park bandstand today, when information and support tools will be handed out from 11.30am to 2pm.
It comes after a two-...
DATE: May 03, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The controversial Travel Authorisation form is damaging the island’s tourism industry and must be scrapped, it has been claimed.
Michael Dunkley, the Opposition One Bermuda Alliance spokesman on health, said that the form, which has to be filled out ...
DATE: May 02, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The Lamb Foggo Urgent Care Centre will return to its normal Monday to Friday hours of 2pm to 10pm tomorrow, the Bermuda Hospitals Board announced today.
Weekday hours at the UCC were reduced in January to 6pm to 10pm due to staffing shortages.
Week...
DATE: May 02, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A US celebrity doctor who visited Bermuda this week highlighted concerns about the excessive centralisation of decision-making in healthcare.
Drew Pinsky added that it was important for patients to be informed and to have options for health coverage....
DATE: Apr 29, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
More time can be devoted to supporting workplace safety and health measures since the island moved into its latest phase of the Covid-19 pandemic, a senior environmental health officer said.
Susan Hill Davidson’s comments came on World Day for Safety...
DATE: Apr 29, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Bermuda’s Covid-19 numbers continue to rise, with 376 active cases after 345 people were found positive for the coronavirus
DATE: Apr 28, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermudians suffering from drug and alcohol addiction are being encouraged to attend a recovery programme in the UK that caters to Black and ethnic minority patients.
Bermudian Llewelyn Gomes, a recovery coach for Nottingham-based BAC-IN — Black and A...
DATE: Apr 28, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The Department of Health’s child health mascot, Bermy Germy, took to the streets today with staff to dance walk around Hamilton to promote vaccinations.
While Bermuda had a successful mass immunisation programme in the fight to reduce the transmissi...
DATE: Apr 27, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
An island-based air ambulance service that can get patients in need of urgent treatment to the United States in just a few hours has been officially launched.
Bermuda Air Ambulance Ltd flew eight patients to hospitals in the US this month — and belie...
DATE: Apr 26, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A World Health Organisation representative yesterday hailed the island’s Covid-19 vaccine rate as he called on residents to make sure all of their shots were up to date.
Ian Stein, the WHO and Pan American Health Organisation delegate for Bermuda, Ja...
DATE: Apr 26, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter