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The Bermuda Hospitals Board has issued an advisory about the availability of emergency and urgent care services over the holiday.
The Lamb Foggo Urgent Care Centre will be open Monday to Friday, including the public holidays of December 25 and 26 and...
DATE: Dec 21, 2012
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King Edward VII Memorial Hospital’s interim chief performance officer Jon Tomlinson is no longer working for the Bermuda Hospitals Board.
A spokeswoman said Mr Tomlinson’s temporary work permit had concluded at the end of November.
He began work at ...
DATE: Dec 19, 2012
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Bermuda Hospitals Board staff have been given an early look at what the rooms in the new hospital could look like.
Mock rooms have been built next to the construction site with an aim of fine-tuning them before they’re actually put to use.
Nicole C...
DATE: Dec 19, 2012
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Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A new programme to attract Bermudians into the nursing profession has been launched at the Bermuda College.
The Nursing Education Pathway initiative has seen the Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) added to the college’s offerings.
The first nursing co...
DATE: Dec 11, 2012
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Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Island is down one heart specialist — but a Bermuda Hospitals Board spokeswoman said care for patients won’t be interrupted by the departure.
The BHB confirmed that cardiologist John Doherty had terminated his contract.
However, added the spokesw...
DATE: Dec 08, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Life-threatening complications relating to an appendectomy could have been present before a man arrived at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital for treatment, according to an expert.
Kamal Williams is suing Bermuda Hospitals Board for $100,000, claiming...
DATE: Dec 05, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man who had to wait seven hours for medical tests is now suing Bermuda Hospitals Board, claiming the delay caused his appendix to rupture.
Kamal Williams should have had surgery within four hours of arriving at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, Mi...
DATE: Dec 04, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A new study has helped give an insight into the sources of food and water-borne infections which cause diarrhoea in Bermuda.
Health Minister Zane DeSilva explained that the Burden of Illness study was carried out by the Caribbean Epidemiology Centre....
DATE: Nov 23, 2012
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An event will be hosted next week to support the development of dementia care services in Bermuda.
It was arranged between the charity Dementia UK local group Action on Alzheimer’s and Dementia.
There will be an evening session for family carers on M...
DATE: Nov 22, 2012
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Health
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Esso is donating five cents of every gallon of gas pumped at its stations to the Bermuda Diabetes Association.
The funds will be donated from sales at stations across the Island through January 11.
They will be used to assist the organisation’s daily...
DATE: Nov 22, 2012
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Health
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