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Shadow Health Minister Zane DeSilva has commended the new Chief Medical Officer Cheryl Peek-Ball on her appointment.
As the former Minister, Mr DeSilva recalled working with Dr Peek-Ball following her appointment to Acting CMO on January 1, 2012.
“He...
DATE: May 31, 2013
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Health
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The new Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Cheryl Peek-Ball is to take office on June 1.
She has served as Acting CMO since the retirement of John Cann at the end of 2011.
Dr Peek-Ball’s appointment was announced as the Health Ministry said the CMO’s office...
DATE: May 29, 2013
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Health
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Employees across the Island may discover their pay packets shrinking in the coming months as health insurance increases of as much as 20 percent kick in.
Most insurance companies are having to increase their fees to cover increases in Bermuda Hospita...
DATE: May 29, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Government is continuing to work on resolving a shortage of vaccines on the Island.
A spokeswoman for the Department of Health said the department has received a shipment of Gardisil and has begun to disperse it to physicians.
The department was howe...
DATE: May 25, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda raised $20,000 on an Island-wide denim day on behalf of the Bermuda Hospitals Charitable Trust.
The cash will go towards the redevelopment of King Edward VII Memorial Hospital.
More than 1,900 people from approximately 60 companies, four scho...
DATE: May 22, 2013
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Health
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The head of a consultancy firm that conducted a review of Bermuda’s health system has defended his company’s final report, claiming that its findings could help save the Island $200 million in medical costs.
And Howard Associates managing director J...
DATE: May 22, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A controversial company set up by the Bermuda Hospitals Board is to be scrapped, health chiefs have confirmed.
Healthcare Partners Ltd was formed in 2008 to go into business with private partners as a subsidiary of BHB.
But the scheme soon came under...
DATE: May 21, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A $175,000 review of the Island’s hospitals has been branded a complete waste of money by health watchdogs.
And the Bermuda Health Advocacy Group has accused hospital bosses of trying to sweep previous controversial decisions and practices under the ...
DATE: May 21, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Bermuda’s healthcare system is “well above average” for the size of the community it serves, according to an independent team of inspectors.
But the consultants also listed a number of areas that needed to be improved at King Edward VII Memorial, inc...
DATE: May 18, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Ombudsman Arlene Brock has given a scathing assessment to the independent review of BHB’s management of the Island’s health system, describing it as a “wasteful and expensive lesson”.
The Ombudsman said the Howard Consultants report “breezes over th...
DATE: May 18, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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