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The St George’s Dental Clinic was officially reopened yesterday.
The clinic on Old Military Road provides services to children, seniors and “priority groups” including prisoners and uninsured clients.
It has been renovated and now has a full-time den...
DATE: Oct 09, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Today’s reopening of Hamilton Health Centre has been postponed for another week for urgent building repairs.
A spokeswoman for the Department of Health said that the clinic had been expected to be open this morning, but plumbing problems meant furthe...
DATE: Oct 08, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Bermuda Health Council has refused to reveal the advice it gave former health minister Jeanne Atherden before the One Bermuda Alliance government decided to slash fees for scans last year.
Tawanna Wedderburn, the health council’s chief executive ...
DATE: Oct 04, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Bermuda Hospitals Board today announces the launch of a poetry competition ahead of Mental Health Awareness Week in October. Young people between the ages of 12 and 18 are being invited to write poems of up to 26 lines for the theme ‘Mental Health a...
DATE: Oct 03, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Press Release
Breast cancer awareness month was launched yesterday with an appeal to women to take charge of their breast health, including annual screening starting at the age of 40.
Lynne Woolridge, the chief executive at the Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre, sa...
DATE: Oct 02, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
King Edward VII Memorial Hospital has added a pink glow to its emergency blue lights to highlight the fight against breast cancer.
The Mammography Department and Acute Care Wing main entrance was lit up last night to mark Breast Cancer Awareness Mont...
DATE: Oct 02, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
The Hamilton Health Centre will remain closed for the rest of the week, a government spokeswoman announced last night.
The facility on Victoria Street was scheduled to be closed yesterday to allow for urgent building repairs to be carried out. The s...
DATE: Oct 02, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
An investigation has been launched after allegations of a sex assault on a child by a health worker, the Bermuda Health Council revealed.
The health council said the allegations involved an “unregulated health professional” and that police and the De...
DATE: Oct 02, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermudian doctor Annabel Fountain has been awarded a prestigious fellowship from the Royal College of Physicians in Britain.
The accolade is only awarded by the RCP to those physicians who are considered to be the “most innovative and exceptional phy...
DATE: Sep 28, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Bermuda Hospitals Board (BHB) Nurse Practitioner Myrian Balitian-Dill is one of only a handful of registered nurses who have attained nurse practitioner designation in Bermuda. She is now the first to be granted authority to write prescriptions local...
DATE: Sep 25, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Press Release