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The Health Visiting Team of the Department of Health invites postpartum mothers and their families to join the Movin’ Mommas walking group who meet every Tuesday morning at the Botanical Gardens Visitors Center at 10 am and lasts for approximately 45...
DATE: Nov 21, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Press Release
The views of organisations that commented on proposed reforms to healthcare financing are expected to be made public in the next few weeks.
Kim Wilson, the health minister, told MPs a task force set up to review two options first presented six years ...
DATE: Nov 20, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Hamilton Health Centre will reopen tomorrow after several weeks of building repairs.
The clinic on the city’s Victoria Street has run a limited service since October after several floods and plumbing problems meant some services had to be moved else...
DATE: Nov 19, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The Portuguese-speaking population is being targeted through a new diabetes education programme.
The Bermuda Diabetes Association said it is providing the service because language barriers can make it difficult to promote awareness about the disease....
DATE: Nov 16, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health officially opened the Men’s Health Screening which has been hosted by Bermuda Cancer and Health for the past eight years, in collaboration with the Department of Health.
The screenings took place at the Seventh-Day ...
DATE: Nov 15, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Press Release
A nursery shut down after a 12-month-old boy suffered a serious head injury has filed an appeal against the Government’s closure order, a lawyer for the daycare centre said yesterday.
Heavenly Blessings Nursery and Preschool was told to cease operati...
DATE: Nov 08, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
An overseas doctor is in Bermuda to discuss how healthcare professionals should handle tough topics with their patients.
Christy Simpson, head of the bioethics department at Dalhousie University’s Faculty of Medicine in Canada, will give a series of...
DATE: Nov 08, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Midwifery in Bermuda could be line for an overhaul — just as a new book is published calling for more choice in childbirth on the island.
The Ministry of Health told The Royal Gazette it was “actively engaging” with Bermudian and overseas midwives to...
DATE: Nov 08, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
The annual “flu express” is offering shots against influenza this month.
The virus typically grows active in colder months, and the Department of Health reminded the public of the importance of having a flu shot this season.
The express will offer v...
DATE: Nov 08, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Department of Health celebrated the graduation of 17 staff members from the Complete Health Improvement Programme.
The programme is intended to help participants make lasting changes to improve their health.
A spokeswoman said: “There was varying...
DATE: Nov 08, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
