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The harsh realities facing Bermuda’s most vulnerable populations — children and seniors due to economic hard times — dominated discussion at the Well Bermuda Annual Meeting.
The meeting’s theme this year stressed the importance of collaboration betwe...
DATE: Nov 26, 2013
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Health
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A woman whose schizophrenic son has been left without his full course of medication is complaining that she’s receiving the silent treatment from the Bermuda Hospitals Board (BHB).
“It’s not fair to him — and I can’t understand why I can’t get an exp...
DATE: Nov 26, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The number of patients needing dialysis treatment has tripled in the last ten years, according to the latest statistics.
And the 200 percent increase in patients needing the life-saving but costly treatment means that a “disproportionately high” numb...
DATE: Nov 26, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre is offering biopsies to detect prostate cancer in men — thanks to almost $300,000 raised in donations since 2010 by its Movember campaign.
One of the most common male cancers, prostate cancer, can only be detected...
DATE: Nov 26, 2013
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Health
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Government has overruled a decision by hospital bosses to shut down the Lamb Foggo Urgent Care Centre at the end of this month, saying the facility will now remain open “until an acceptable and financially viable alternative arrangement is in place”....
DATE: Nov 22, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Both Government and the Bermuda Hospitals Board have dismissed Opposition claims that the Lamb Foggo Urgent Care Centre has been making a surplus in recent months.
And Health Minister Patricia Gordon-Pamplin also claimed that the Opposition neglected...
DATE: Nov 22, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A former hospital worker has been awarded more than $25,000 after the Supreme Court ruled she was wrongfully dismissed by the Bermuda Hospitals Board.
Geneanne Woods-Forde was dismissed for gross misconduct after she lied during an investigation into...
DATE: Nov 21, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Government has overruled a decision by the Bermuda Hospitals Board to shut down the Lamb Foggo Urgent Care Centre at the end of this month.
At a press conference this afternoon Health Minister Patricia Gordon Pamplin said that the decision had been m...
DATE: Nov 21, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The Bermuda Hospitals Board will consider bringing Mid-Atlantic Wellness Institute (MAWI) services to King Edward VII Memorial Hospital.
The suggestion was one of several made recently by the SAGE Commission, who said the MAWI site could be sold off ...
DATE: Nov 20, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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Health Minister Patricia Gordon Pamplin admitted the controversial closing the Lamb-Foggo Urgent Care Centre was supported by Cabinet with ‘serious reservation’ during questioning by the Opposition in the House of Assembly.
Since it’s opening in 2009...
DATE: Nov 18, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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