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New premiums for FutureCare will be decided in a matter of weeks, according to Health Minister Patricia Gordon-Pamplin.
But the Minister didn’t divulge details on how payments will be adjusted for the seniors’ insurance scheme.
In an overview of budg...
DATE: Feb 28, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Two more people have fallen sick due to an unknown bug affecting a ward at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital.
Gordon Ward remains closed to admissions, and unwell patients are being kept under isolation.
Seven of the 12 patients initially affected ha...
DATE: Feb 27, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
An outbreak that began over the weekend has caused the Bermuda Hospitals Board to close its Gordon Ward to all but essential visitors.
Twelve patients, one visitor, three staff members and one medical officer were hit by the unidentified illness, whi...
DATE: Feb 26, 2013
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Health
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The Bermuda Hospitals Board has been ordered to pay a man $2,000 for pain and suffering caused by a delayed appendectomy.
Kamal Williams had sued the BHB for $100,000 after he was left waiting seven hours before receiving the surgery.
He alleged tha...
DATE: Feb 14, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Auditor General has launched a probe into the Bermuda Hospitals Board’s finances — and its chief financial officer has been relieved of her duties.
A BHB spokeswoman said: “The Bermuda Hospitals Board confirms that it has been informed by the Aud...
DATE: Feb 06, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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A paper written by a Bermuda Department of Health staff member will be presented at a prestigious conference.
The 58th Annual Caribbean Public Health Agency / Caribbean Health Research Council conference will take place in Barbados May 2 through 4, w...
DATE: Feb 01, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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A report on governance at the Bermuda Hospitals Board needs a one-month extension, Ombudsman Arlene Brock has recommended.
She believes that the investigation by Canadian firm Howard Associates, originally due at the end of this month, should get an ...
DATE: Jan 23, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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Reopening the medical clinic five years after it was controversially shut, will offer a fresh start from its stigmatised history, said a physician who worked at the facility.
Stanley James said he welcomed news of Government’s pledge to bring the cli...
DATE: Jan 18, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
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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