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Government supplies of flu vaccine have run dry after an “enormous” public response over the weekend.
Two hundred doses of the influenza vaccine were administered from the Hamilton Health Centre on Saturday an additional session brought on by demand....
DATE: Jan 15, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Former Health Minister critical of restarting medical clinic
By Jonathan Bell
Government’s commitment to reinstating the medical clinic for vulnerable patients is a step backwards, according to former Health Minister Zane DeSilva.
The One Bermuda Al...
DATE: Jan 15, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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The financing of Bermuda’s new hospital facility didn’t come cheap, conceded former Health Minister Zane DeSilva, who advised his successor to keep cost management on the front burner.
New Minister Patricia Gordon-Pamplin stated recently that the pub...
DATE: Jan 14, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Department of Health will be offering an additional clinic session today to offer flu shots as the flu season is expected to build.
The session will take place at the Hamilton Health Centre at 67 Victoria Street between 9am and 1pm.
The vaccine c...
DATE: Jan 12, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
More than five years after its controversial closure, the Medical Clinic is to open under the One Bermuda Alliance.
Health Minister Patricia Gordon-Pamplin vowed to have the clinic — which served vulnerable patients such as the homeless, elderly and ...
DATE: Jan 10, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The end of the holiday season marks the start of a less desirable time of year according to the Health Department — flu season.
A spokeswoman for the Department said yesterday that reports from last week indicate that Influenza B is circulating aroun...
DATE: Jan 10, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Bermuda Hospitals Charitable Trust (BHCT) has launched an online platform allowing donors to pledge through their website.
Donations, comments and words of encouragement for individual participants’ fundraising activities can be made in a secure ...
DATE: Jan 09, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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The final cost of Bermuda’s new hospital will prove higher than many expect, new Health Minister Patricia Gordon-Pamplin has warned.
But, in a candid interview with The Royal Gazette, the Minister promised to be keep the public informed as to where t...
DATE: Jan 09, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
New x-ray equipment, purchased thanks to the donations of the Hospitals Auxiliary of Bermuda (HAB), was yesterday unveiled by the Bermuda Hospitals Board.
The new equipment is intended to replace a 16-year-old system at the King Edward VII Memorial ...
DATE: Jan 09, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Bermuda Heart Foundation has designated Friday, February 1, as ‘National Wear Red Day’ to raise funds to promote healthy hearts in Bermuda.
Residents both young and old are being urged to fill out pledge forms to raise funds for lifesaving educat...
DATE: Jan 08, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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