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A recent loss of key psychologists in the Island’s prison system has significantly cut the level of treatment on offer to inmates, according to social campaigner Sheelagh Cooper.
The former Parole Board member told The Royal Gazette: “At any given ti...
DATE: Nov 20, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Hospital campaigners have met with the Canadian firm undertaking a clinical and corporate review of the Bermuda Hospitals Board.
It was announced earlier this week that Howard Associates had been appointed to conduct the investigation by the end of ...
DATE: Nov 10, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Health
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A planned year-long “implementation phase” of the National Health Plan will begin on April 1.
The move was one of several Throne Speech initiatives expanded on by Health Minister Zane DeSilva yesterday.
He said that two of six task forces appointed a...
DATE: Nov 09, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Bermuda Diabetes Association will this month host two events aimed at helping diabetes sufferers better understand their condition.
The “Know Your Numbers” seminars, developed by Diabetes educator Sara McKittrick, will detail the impact of food, ...
DATE: Nov 07, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Health
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A Canadian firm has been chosen to undertake a clinical and corporate review of the Bermuda Hospitals Board [BHB].
According to the BHB, Howard Associates was appointed following a local and international procurement process, according to the BHB.
“T...
DATE: Nov 06, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Health
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Government Health Insurance will expand to cover bills for generic drugs and GP visits, according to the Throne Speech.
Prescription drug benefits under the FutureCare insurance plan are also to be amended, to pay the full cost of generic medications...
DATE: Nov 05, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Obesity is a problem in Bermuda, but the Department of Health hopes its new initiatives will help bring the rate down to a satisfactory level through exercise and healthy eating.
The Department and the Bermuda Conference of Seventh-day Adventists org...
DATE: Oct 31, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Health
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Parents yesterday told of their panic on finding that the woman hired to look after their baby had tested positive for tuberculosis — and kept silent.
The shock revelation prompted the infant’s parents to quarantine themselves and warn others.
The co...
DATE: Oct 26, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Heron Bay Primary School parents can rest easy: after a screening for tuberculosis by the Department of Health, no new cases have merged among students.
Health officials took action last week after a P3 student tested positive for TB.
They announced ...
DATE: Oct 25, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Health
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The combination of the Island’s escalating healthcare costs and the state of elder care is a “sleeping time bomb” in need of an immediate fix, seniors’ advocate Claudette Fleming has claimed.
And pensioners can’t afford to wait until a Government rev...
DATE: Oct 23, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Health
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