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The Department of Health has moved to allay fears that its free fluoride supplement programme for children could be axed.
Two sources, neither of whom would be named, told The Royal Gazette that the cost of the scheme came up at a recent meeting of h...
DATE: Aug 21, 2014
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Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
When most high school seniors visit prospective colleges they might look at the campus, or the dorms or the library, Jade Belboda only has eyes for the science lab.
Miss Belboda, 17, a senior at Albert College in Belleville, Ontario, is this year’s ...
DATE: Aug 19, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jessie Moniz Hardy
Final preparations are under way at the hospital’s new acute care wing ahead of next month’s opening.
Staff training tours are being conducted and cleaning work is progressing ahead of a final clinical scrub-down in the coming weeks.
Bermuda Hospit...
DATE: Aug 13, 2014
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Health
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A patients’ group says the tragic case of young mother Latifa Maybury, who died from cancer after the disease went undetected throughout her pregnancy, gives “cause for serious concern” about some of the processes used by King Edward VII Memorial Hos...
DATE: Aug 11, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Health officials have confirmed that there have been no reported cases of the deadly Ebola virus on the Island, despite fears that the latest outbreak of the killer could spread globally.
The World Health Organisation has now declared the current epi...
DATE: Aug 09, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Fears the chikungunya virus has reached Bermuda have been curbed after tests did not detect the infection in a suspected patient.
The resident had travelled to an area affected by the virus, which causes extreme joint pain, fever and headache.
It is ...
DATE: Jul 26, 2014
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Health
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Health costs have levelled off for the first time this decade, the Bermuda Health Council has revealed.
The curb in health spending was attributed to a cap in previous years on payments to the hospital, according to the Council’s Annual Report 2013-1...
DATE: Jul 25, 2014
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Health
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Kyla Lowe was just 14 and preparing to start studying for her GCSEs when she was told her brother’s wife Latifa had been diagnosed with terminal cancer, days after giving birth to a son.
Latifa died six months later and the Bermuda High School studen...
DATE: Jul 23, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Health
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The Court of Appeals recently upheld a ruling that the Bermuda Hospitals Board (BHB) wrongfully dismissed a hospital worker — and doubled the damages awarded to her.
Geneanne Woods-Forde was dismissed from her position at King Edwards VII Memorial Ho...
DATE: Jul 21, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
More than a quarter of residents surveyed for health have been found to have elevated blood sugar — but the community is showing “surprising resistance” to taking part in the study.
Health Minister Jeanne Atherden reported an “unanticipated drop” in ...
DATE: Jul 19, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Health
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