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A catalogue of poor management decisions at KEMH helped cause health costs to rise without necessarily improving standards, it has been alleged.
In his letters to Health Minister Patricia Gordon Pamplin and the public, BHB Chairman Jonathan Brewin sa...
DATE: Jun 26, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Donald Thomas III was hired as King Edward VII Memorial Hospital’s highly paid chief of staff without thorough checks being made into his background, according to the new Bermuda Hospitals Board.
BHB chairman Jonathan Brewin told Health Minister Patr...
DATE: Jun 26, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
The Island’s hospitals are facing a cash crisis that could see the Bermuda Hospitals Board go into debt within the year, according to health chiefs.
And while an increased “utilisation” of health services is partially to blame for the Island’s skyroc...
DATE: Jun 26, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A woman who experienced two kidney transplants and years of dialysis caused by a strep throat infection is warning the public to be aware of their kidney health.
While Pauleter Stevens suffered kidney disease due to an infection, the two main causes ...
DATE: Jun 25, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Bermuda Health Foundation (BHF) yesterday honoured celebrated doctor and cancer researcher Malcolm Brock with its 2013 Salute to Service Award.
Dr Brock, an Associate Professor of Surgery and Oncology at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, has ...
DATE: Jun 22, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Action on Alzheimer’s and Dementia will host a film screening as both a fundraiser and a means of raising awareness about therapeutic art treatment.
‘I Remember Better When I Paint’, a documentary narrated by Olivia de Haviland, shows the impact that...
DATE: Jun 19, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Only around two percent of Bermuda residents are responsible for the Island’s entire supply of donated blood, according to Health Minister Patricia Gordon Pamplin.
Speaking to mark World Blood Donor Day, Ms Gordon Pamplin said that while in most deve...
DATE: Jun 18, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda Health Foundation will honour son of the soil, Dr Malcolm Brock, Associate Professor of Surgery and Oncology at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine at its Annual Salute to Service Award Luncheon.
Dr Brock is also an Associate Professor of En...
DATE: Jun 15, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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A leaflet explaining healthcare costs and how to control them is being posted out to residents this month by the Bermuda Health Council (BHeC).
BHeC CEO Jennifer Attride-Stirling said the Guide to Bermuda’s Health Costs was part of a wider campaign b...
DATE: Jun 15, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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Just back from a meeting of Health Ministers in Aruba on the impact of childhood obesity, Patricia Gordon Pamplin told MPs Bermuda’s population will face chronic health issues from preventable, non-communicable diseases.
In a Ministerial statement th...
DATE: Jun 15, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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