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The coming closure of the Lamb Foggo Urgent Care Centre in St David’s has drawn mixed reviews from members of the public.
The Bermuda Hospitals Board (BHB) announced this week that the $7.8 million facility, which first opened its doors in 2009, will...
DATE: Nov 04, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
With the start of Diabetes Awareness Month today, the Ministry of Health and Seniors is undertaking an Island-wide survey to determine how many people have, or are at risk of, developing diabetes and other chronic diseases.
The announcement comes fro...
DATE: Nov 01, 2013
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Health
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Patti Rose Smith was shocked and frightened when she was diagnosed with diabetes during a routine blood test.
Now, 18 months and 63lbs later, she says she has never felt better.
“When they tell you, immediately you go into shock,” she said. “You thin...
DATE: Nov 01, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Minister for Health Patricia Gordon-Pamplin has said that the impact on the community was at the forefront of the thinking surrounding the closing of the Lamb Foggo Urgent Care Centre.
However, while the need to provide a facility for the population ...
DATE: Nov 01, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A controversial subsidiary of the Bermuda Hospitals Board should be wound up by the end of the year, according to BHB chairman Jonathan Brewin.
Healthcare Partners Limited (HPL) was incorporated in 2008 to go into business with private partners as a ...
DATE: Oct 31, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A vendor is being sought to operate a retail pharmacy in the new acute care wing of the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital.
The retail pharmacy will be for outpatients and the community, with Bermuda Hospitals Board’s Pharmacy Department continuing to...
DATE: Oct 29, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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The hospital’s fleet of top-of-the-range ambulances is being scrapped after just four years of service because of continual mechanical faults.
And the Bermuda Hospitals Board has been forced to use a spare emergency vehicle provided by the St John’s ...
DATE: Oct 25, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Men on the Island are being asked to prepare their upper lips because Movember is almost here.
The fourth annual Movember Bermuda fundraiser is set to start next Friday, with men growing moustaches to raise awareness and funding for local men’s healt...
DATE: Oct 25, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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Gone are the old days of managing care for Bermuda’s mental ill.
This from Deputy Chief of Psychiatry at Mid Atlantic Wellness Institute Dr Anna Neilson-Williams following concerns raised by a woman whose father is mentally ill. The article, publishe...
DATE: Oct 24, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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Health officials have finally stepped in to rescue neighbours from a derelict home in Sandys that has become a breeding ground for rats and mosquitoes.
According to East Shore Drive residents a team of Environmental Health staff called in on the prop...
DATE: Oct 23, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
