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Proponents of out-of-hospital childbirth have won Immigration approval to bring their own midwives to the Island.
The Bermuda Integrated Health Cooperative received permission after the Bermuda Medical Council confirmed it didn’t need a full medical ...
DATE: Sep 05, 2012
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Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
“Worldwide, diabetes causes more death than cancer and AIDS combined,” was one of many staggering statistics Debbie Jones shared with the members of the Hamilton Rotary Club yesterday.
Ms Jones, the manager of the Bermuda Hospitals Board Diabetes Cen...
DATE: Sep 05, 2012
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Health
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As new Chair of the Bermuda Medical Students’ Society (BMSS), Asha Ratteray hopes to connect more Bermudian medical students with mentors who can help them through their years of training.
Ms Ratteray, a second year medical student at the University ...
DATE: Sep 04, 2012
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Health
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Patients’ advocate Allan DeSilva, whose wife Sylvia died following a long battle with complications to her illness, has vowed to carry on with her fight for an independent commission to look into the Bermuda Hospitals Board.
The Bermuda Healthcare Ad...
DATE: Aug 22, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Trimming the Island’s runaway spending on overseas healthcare doesn’t necessarily mean searching for cheaper hospitals abroad, a US medical expert warned.
Residents’ spending on treatment outside Bermuda neared the $100 million mark last year — and ...
DATE: Aug 17, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A recently-appointed manager at the Bermuda Hospitals Board is to review performance ahead of the opening of the new hospital facility in 2014.
The position of Interim Chief Performance Officer is a new one for King Edward VII Memorial, according to ...
DATE: Aug 14, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Health
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A patients’ group says any inquiry into Bermuda Hospitals Board’s clinical and corporate governance following the suspension of its head doctor needs to be entirely independent.
Bermuda Healthcare Advocacy Group issued a statement in response to the ...
DATE: Aug 06, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Government is the top culprit for the Island’s “skyrocketing” health costs, the Opposition has charged.
Shadow Health Minister Michael Dunkley also accused Government of stalling on the release of financial statements from the Bermuda Hospitals Boar...
DATE: Aug 01, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Anxieties linger in the healthcare industry, over tomorrow’s deadline for the end of upfront charges on the insured portion of a doctor or dentist’s service.
Bermuda Dental Association head Chris Allington told The Royal Gazette: “I think there is a ...
DATE: Jul 31, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The latest grim forecast for the Island’s health costs has underlined the need for a unified effort, insurers BF&M have warned.
The Bermuda Health Council has projected that locals will spend $1.7 billion on their healthcare in 2021.
Said BF&M presid...
DATE: Jul 30, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
