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Kiandra Simons had been faced with uncertainty about how she would pay her tuition fees throughout her medical studies.
The 25-year-old doctor has now been awarded the Margaret and Robert Harvey Medical Scholarship, which will help pay off her studen...
DATE: Sep 24, 2016
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A primary school student has been infected with viral meningitis and is receiving medical care in Boston.
The student, who attends Bermuda High School, has not been named and this newspaper has been given no further information as to the severity of...
DATE: Sep 22, 2016
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Friends, family and colleagues of a woman with thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura — a rare blood disorder — put on their walking shoes on Saturday to raise money to fight the condition.
The walkers gathered at the Botanical Gardens at 8am and walked...
DATE: Sep 19, 2016
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A local charity will be hosting a series of events to mark World Alzheimer’s Day and Dementia Awareness Week 2016.
Action on Alzheimers and Dementia is organising a film screening, art show, wine-tasting fundraiser and education sessions for familie...
DATE: Sep 18, 2016
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The Bermuda Red Cross is offering an exciting new way to learn CPR and First Aid with the introduction of a video simulation game that depicts real life emergency situations.
The game, which teaches the theory portion of the training, is set in a vir...
DATE: Sep 16, 2016
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Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Men’s health and their role in the community will be at the forefront of the annual Celebrating Wellness health promotion.
The event, put on by the Department of Health, has something to offer for everyone but this year’s focus will be on the theme ...
DATE: Sep 16, 2016
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Leave your desk and join town crier Ed Christopher for a dance walk through the City of Hamilton.
The event, put on by the Department of Health, will be back by popular demand next Wednesday and organisers are hopeful that the second instalment will...
DATE: Sep 16, 2016
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The Lamb Foggo Urgent Care Centre in St David’s will be closed this weekend, the Bermuda Hospitals Board announced last night.
The temporary closure has been caused because the centre was unable to cover an “unplanned absence of the emergency physic...
DATE: Sep 16, 2016
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At just 2 years old, Dane Conrads has endured more health struggles than some people will face in a lifetime.
One week after he was born, the youngster — son of former Saltus Grammar School student A.J. Conrads — caught a virus which shut down his l...
DATE: Sep 15, 2016
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Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre will benefit from a half-a-million-dollar donation from two local companies as it prepares for the installation of new radiation therapy equipment.
BF&M Limited and the Argus Group are each giving $250,000 to support ...
DATE: Sep 14, 2016
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Health
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