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The Bermuda Hospitals Board (BHB) and the Bermuda Organ and Tissue Donor Association (BOTDA) will next week reach out to the public to become donors.
A spokeswoman for the groups said that while advances in medical science have made transplant surger...
DATE: Apr 19, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Women in Bermuda have the highest rate of diabetes-related lower extremity amputations out of all the 30 countries in the OECD.
That was one of the facts highlighted by Health Minister Patricia Gordon-Pamplin at the Department of Public Transportatio...
DATE: Apr 18, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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A medical practice has resorted to hiring its own debt collector to track down a soaring number of patients refusing to pay.
The company has accumulated roughly $300,000 in unpaid bills since 2011, said one doctor, who requested anonymity for this st...
DATE: Apr 18, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre and public health consultant Betsy Baillie received top honours at the Ministry of Health’s annual Public Health Awards ceremony.
The presentations were made by Health Minister Patricia Gordon-Pamplin at the Bermuda S...
DATE: Apr 11, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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The Department of Health is highlighting a free blood pressure clinic as part of this week’s Public Health Week.
This year’s theme is hypertension, or high blood pressure, and is being promoted with the slogan: “Do you know your blood pressure number...
DATE: Apr 09, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
FutureCare premiums will change next month, with Government injecting $3 million of capital into the programme to keep it affordable for seniors.
Starting May 1, all FutureCare clients will pay a monthly premium of $440 — bringing an end to the two-t...
DATE: Apr 04, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A heavily-criticised company set up by Bermuda Hospitals Board to go into business with private partners could be dissolved in the near future.
Healthcare Partners Ltd (HPL) has been mired in controversy since it was launched several years ago as an ...
DATE: Mar 27, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A consultant commissioned by the Bermuda Hospitals Board to compile a report on how healthcare on the Island can be improved was told a catalogue of hospital horror stories at a public meeting last night.
Patient pressure organisation the Bermuda Hea...
DATE: Mar 26, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Income and education are the top determinants in both the health and health spending of Bermuda’s residents.
The Health Disparities Report 2013, released yesterday by the Bermuda Health Council, shows the extent to which social and economic forces af...
DATE: Mar 15, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Patient satisfaction is rising consistently, announced the Bermuda Hospitals Board, with the release of its latest annual survey.
Approval of Emergency Room services rose from 66.4 percent in 2009 to last year’s 93.2 percent.
Inpatient units got 92.7...
DATE: Mar 09, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
