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Patients suffering from heart disease are having to visit private practices for essential stress tests following an equipment failure at Kind Edward VII Memorial Hospital.
The hospital’s only stress test machine has been out of action for two weeks a...
DATE: Oct 05, 2013
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Efforts to curb the prevalence of non-communicable diseases will begin in earnest next month with the commencement of Bermuda’s first standardised national health survey.
Chronic, preventable diseases “contribute the greatest proportion of the total ...
DATE: Oct 03, 2013
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Despite cases of breast cancer falling to “the lowest number recorded in years” in 2012, there is “no cause for celebration,” said Health Minister Patricia Gordon-Pamplin yesterday. Proclaiming the month of October as Breast Cancer Awareness Month, M...
DATE: Oct 02, 2013
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Bermuda Hospitals Board has admitted trimming three positions from its workforce — but a spokeswoman said the BHB does “all it can” to transfer staff to other jobs.
The remarks came after Shadow Health Minister Zane DeSilva told MPs he’d been contact...
DATE: Oct 01, 2013
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Cancer survivors joined relatives and friends to hear the sobering realities of ovarian cancer and the impact of cancer in Bermuda.
Organised under the theme ‘Break the Silence’, the new advocacy group for Ovarian Cancer Awareness hosted a luncheon y...
DATE: Sep 30, 2013
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Government is “insulting the intelligence of Bermudians” over its plan to reopen the former indigent clinic, according to Shadow Health Minister Zane DeSilva.
The clinic, based at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, provided free healthcare to the nee...
DATE: Sep 26, 2013
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Ovarian Cancer Awareness month culminates with a ‘Mind, Body and Spirit’ luncheon on Sunday to promote awareness on the disease known as the ‘Silent Killer’.
Under the theme entitled ‘Break the Silence’ a new advocacy group for Ovarian Cancer awarene...
DATE: Sep 26, 2013
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Bermuda Blood Donor Centre’s summer blood drive has been hailed a huge success after more than 360 people answered the call for donations.
Sixty of those were new donors and a number of well-known local athletes signed on to encourage young people to...
DATE: Sep 25, 2013
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Medical Clinic services promised by the One Bermuda Alliance will be made available and won’t be delayed, according to Health Minister Patricia Gordon-Pamplin.
A new clinical service for the chronically ill will commence in November, she said.
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DATE: Sep 16, 2013
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The Department of Health has issued a travel advisory to potential travellers to the Middle East.
There’s currently a serious respiratory illness of unknown cause afflicting individuals in that region.
The illness, known as Middle East Respiratory Sy...
DATE: Aug 10, 2013
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