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Women dealing with grief will be offered support from an art therapy group.
Finding Solace was organised by Rhea Gibbons with the Women’s Resource Centre.
A spokeswoman explained that the art therapy group would give “support for women as they naviga...
DATE: Mar 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Cancer patients have been given a new high-precision non-surgical treatment option, the Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre announced.
Chris Fosker, the BCHC medical director, said stereotactic ablative radiotherapy, also known as stereotactic body radi...
DATE: Mar 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Covid-19 restrictions will be relaxed further from 6am today, health officials said last night.
Large group sizes will be capped at 200 – up from 100 – and tables in restaurants, bars and clubs will not be limited to a maximum of ten people.
The ann...
DATE: Mar 04, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The mother of a schoolboy who suffered a severe brain injury in a car crash has highlighted March’s status as Brain Injury Awareness Month.
Helen Cart said she planned to use the international commemoration month to promote brain injury prevention, a...
DATE: Mar 04, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A campaign to boost knowledge about chronic kidney disease has been launched by the Bermuda Health Council.
Doctors and other healthcare workers have joined the drive to mark National Kidney Month and World Kidney Day on March 10.
The Bermuda Health ...
DATE: Mar 02, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
At least three classes at a private school were quarantined yesterday after a coronavirus outbreak.
A Year 3 and two Year 4 classes were ordered to isolate at Saltus and a Year 11 class was ordered to follow casual contact precautions.
Deryn Lavell, ...
DATE: Mar 02, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Regulations for quarantine of Covid-19 contacts in schools have been changed, the education minister revealed yesterday.
Diallo Rabain said in a letter to senior education staff that vaccinated people who tested positive for the coronavirus would hav...
DATE: Mar 02, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The Bermuda Hospitals Charitable Foundation has thanked donors for $670,000 of support for the BHB’s Covid-19 vaccination clinic as the operation started to wind down.
A spokeswoman said that the clinic, with the support of corporate and private dono...
DATE: Mar 02, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Covid-19 cases have dropped below 200 for the first time this year, health officials revealed last night.
There are 167 active infections – the lowest number since December 18 when the island had 152 cases.
Health officials said that six people were ...
DATE: Mar 01, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Premier has tested positive for the coronavirus for a second time, it was revealed last night.
The news came after David Burt cancelled a post-Budget press conference scheduled for yesterday.
It was also announced that the Chamber of Commerce’s a...
DATE: Mar 01, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell