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Leading doctors from North America were among the experts that attended the Pink Conference on Breast Cancer, hosted by Bermuda.
More than 200 members of the public attended for free, and the event has been hailed a success by Minister of Health and ...
DATE: Jul 15, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Government is to shut down the Continuing Care Unit at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital because it is “not fit for purpose” and “inappropriate” to keep elderly patients there.
Announcing the decision, Health Minister Patricia Gordon Pamplin said tha...
DATE: Jul 15, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Former Health Minister Zane DeSilva has said that the Progressive Labour Party never pretended the hospital did not have its share of problems.
However, he said the facility made forward progress during the party’s time in power.
“The hospital is a v...
DATE: Jul 15, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Health Minister Patricia Gordon Pamplin has slammed her predecessor Zane DeSilva, for “defending the indefensible” during his two-year stint at the helm of the Ministry.
And she also attacked the former Chief of Staff at King Edward VII Memorial, say...
DATE: Jul 15, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A major international conference on breast cancer that will be open to the public will be held at the Earl Cameron Theatre at City Hall this morning.
Dr Francia Arena will be the moderator for the panel discussion which is part of the Pink Conference...
DATE: Jul 09, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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Shadow Health Minister Zane DeSilva has issued a robust defence of the running of Bermuda’s hospitals under his watch.
Mr DeSilva, who was Health Minister between November 2010 and December 2012, spoke out after the Bermuda Hospitals Board (BHB) reve...
DATE: Jul 05, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Cancer patient and research assistance group PALS has committed $200,000 from its Children’s Care Fund to two paediatric cancer research studies.
PALS president and CEO Ann Smith Gordon announced the funds will go to research studies by physicians as...
DATE: Jun 28, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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Some doctors employed at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital were “significantly overpaid” and even given bonuses after negotiating contracts with former hospital Chief of Staff Donald Thomas, according to the new Bermuda Hospitals Board.
And the findi...
DATE: Jun 27, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The new Bermuda Hospitals Board is undertaking a series of “corrective actions” to strengthen governance and ensure that certain “situations are not repeated”.
And health chiefs have also pledged to be more transparent and accountable to the general ...
DATE: Jun 27, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
British administrator David Hill was the man at the helm of BHB for much of the period during which management decisions at the hospital are now being questioned.
But critics have questioned which senior executives had the final say in policy decisio...
DATE: Jun 26, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
