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Today, the Health Council launched a campaign #ImagineBermuda, about their vision of Bermuda’s health system. The campaign provides a timely reminder that the youngest and the oldest amongst us can still impact and even create the Bermuda we want to ...
DATE: Jun 06, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Press Release
People aged 50 and older with chronic conditions could be missing out on crucial advice on how lifestyle changes could boost their health, it was revealed.
A survey by Age Concern Bermuda found that although almost 80 per cent of respondents had seen...
DATE: Jun 06, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
An attempt to create a special clinic for amputees in Bermuda has been launched, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
Ryan Gibbons, of the non-profit organisation A New Life, said a prosthetics clinic would make a huge difference to the 300 people on the is...
DATE: Jun 05, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A law firm was told yesterday it needed to lodge an appeal in the Supreme Court to dispute a ruling that they could not represent patients of Ewart Brown who had their medical records seized by police.
The Court of Appeal ruled that Chancery Legal sh...
DATE: Jun 04, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
An interactive wellness programme for government employees will be launched next month in an effort to tackle the $12.8 million cost of public sector sick leave.
Workers were urged to take on the team-based challenge as part of a Throne Speech pledge...
DATE: Jun 03, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Courses should be offered for caregivers to help people recover from strokes, a campaigner for the physically disabled said yesterday.
Willard Fox, the chairman of the Bermuda Physically Handicapped Association, welcomed news that a specialist stroke...
DATE: May 29, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Health
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The Bermuda Hospitals Board (BHB) wishes the public a happy and safe Bermuda Day weekend. If urgent medical care is required we remind you that the Lamb Foggo Urgent Care Centre (UCC) in St David’s will keep its normal operating hours - from 4pm to m...
DATE: May 23, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Press Release
An expert on diabetes has been appointed as a consultant endocrinologist by the Bermuda Hospitals Board.
Andrew Jamieson, from, Glasgow, Scotland, previously worked to tackle the disease in the United Arab Emirates.
Dr Jamieson said: “I am looking fo...
DATE: May 22, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Fountain Health has recently added endocrinology nurse practitioner Lunette Castillo to its staff, with intention to increase access for their patients and work to lower healthcare costs.
Ms Castillo has over seven years of community experience in th...
DATE: May 22, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Health
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A $65 million reserve fund will be available for the hospital if costs run over the block grant to be provided by the Government, a public meeting heard last night.
Jennifer Attride-Stirling, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Health, said sh...
DATE: May 17, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter