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More than 9,000 people suffer from asthma in Bermuda, and more than 2,000 of those who suffered chronic attacks ended up in the hospital’s emergency ward last year.
Health Minister Patricia Gordon-Pamplin highlighted the numbers yesterday on World A...
DATE: May 08, 2013
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Health
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A health watchdog has welcomed news that a review of King Edward VII Memorial Hospital is to be made public.
But the Bermuda Health Advocacy Group (BHAG) also expressed concerns that the document could be “watered down” — and also urged health chiefs...
DATE: May 08, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Asthma prevalence has tumbled in Bermuda by a record 76 percent — but more than 2,000 people attended the Emergency Room in relation to the disease last year, according to Open Airways.
The group is calling on residents to turn up for World Asthma Da...
DATE: May 07, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Repeated delays into the release of a Bermuda Hospitals Board (BHB) review are arousing the suspicions of healthcare advocates.
No release date had been given for the governance report into the BHB, handed in to the Board last month by consultants Ho...
DATE: May 03, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Alzheimer’s and dementia patients are receiving poor care in inappropriately “clinical” conditions, according to a team of independent specialists.
And one frequent visitor to the Alzheimer’s and Related Diseases Unit (ARDU) at King Edward VII Memori...
DATE: May 03, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Bermudians could spend up to $1 billion on health in 2015 — and still get less value than similar countries.
Our spending is “very high”, the Bermuda Health Council CEO Jennifer Attride-Stirling warned, even when compared to jurisdictions with unheal...
DATE: May 01, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
US doctor Michael Weitekamp has been appointed chief of staff at the Bermuda Hospitals Board.
Former chief Donald Thomas resigned last year after being placed on administrative leave.
Dr Weitekamp, who formally assumes his role today, holds responsib...
DATE: May 01, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The City of Hamilton will today host a health presentation by the founders of Gokul Herbs.
Rajenda Sarda, an Ayurvedic practitioner with experience working in India, Canada and the US is the guest speaker at the event, which starts at 12pm in the Ear...
DATE: Apr 30, 2013
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Health
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The results of a recent HIP/Future Care Customer Survey found that more than half of the respondents “either strongly agreed or agreed that the Future Care Premium is affordable”.
Junior Minister of Health and Seniors, Senator Lynne Woolridge said y...
DATE: Apr 26, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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More than half of staff do not agree the hospital balances safety and productivity
By Gareth Finighan
A survey of employees at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital has delivered a damning indictment on standards of care and staff morale at the facility....
DATE: Apr 24, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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