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For the first time in the history of King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, the maternity ward is now equipped with two modern operating rooms, Bermuda Hospitals Board has announced.
Dale Wilmot, BHB’s chief of obstetrics, hailed the completion of the tw...
DATE: Feb 06, 2015
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Health
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Cancer will be diagnosed in one in three people during their lifetime — but spreading awareness of the disease can help to reverse the trend.
World Cancer Day is being marked on Wednesday by Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre (BCHC), in tandem with the...
DATE: Feb 04, 2015
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Health
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The flu season in the United States has been a severe one, with infection rates at “alert levels”, but local influenza reports to date have been in line with recent years, according to the Department of Health.
A spokeswoman said there had been minim...
DATE: Jan 20, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Insurance claims must now include all information required by the Health Insurance (Health Service Providers and Insurers) (Claims) Regulations 2012, the Bermuda Health Council (BHeC) has advised.
Enforcement of the regulatory requirement was report...
DATE: Jan 15, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Rebecca Zuill
The Bermuda Nursing Council and the Bermuda Dental Board, with the Bermuda Health Council (BHeC), have published documents containing Standards of Practice for professionals working in the two medical areas.
The BHeC, which is led by chief executive ...
DATE: Jan 15, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Rebecca Zuill
As Bermuda’s health spending climbs ever higher, insurance tactics to contain costs result in some patients being effectively denied the overseas treatment of their choice.
Allan DeSilva, of the Bermuda Healthcare Advocacy Group (BHAG), needs back su...
DATE: Jan 14, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A residential home criticised by Derrick Burgess, the Shadow Minister for Seniors, has hit back at his claims of inadequate standards — while staff at a second facility named by the Opposition politician say a community-wide effort is needed to ensur...
DATE: Jan 09, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Families are being stopped from moving their elderly relatives to different residential homes from facilities that they are unhappy with, it has been alleged.
The daughter of an 89-year-old woman claims that she and her siblings have been blocked fro...
DATE: Jan 08, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A residential home for seniors in Paget is at the centre of three separate alleged cases of neglect.
Sunny Vale Rest Home on St Michael’s Road claims that it offers “outstanding” care to the elderly, but one former resident told The Royal Gazette tha...
DATE: Jan 07, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
An 81-year-old man suffering from “severe” bedsores was “rescued” by concerned members of the public from a rest home that could not care for him properly — after the National Office for Seniors and the Physically Challenged (NOSPC) failed to find hi...
DATE: Jan 07, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
