3916 results returned for search: "" category ("Health" AND "News")
A paper written by a Bermuda Department of Health staff member will be presented at a prestigious conference.
The 58th Annual Caribbean Public Health Agency / Caribbean Health Research Council conference will take place in Barbados May 2 through 4, w...
DATE: Feb 01, 2013
|
CATEGORY:
Health
|
A report on governance at the Bermuda Hospitals Board needs a one-month extension, Ombudsman Arlene Brock has recommended.
She believes that the investigation by Canadian firm Howard Associates, originally due at the end of this month, should get an ...
DATE: Jan 23, 2013
|
CATEGORY:
Health
|
Reopening the medical clinic five years after it was controversially shut, will offer a fresh start from its stigmatised history, said a physician who worked at the facility.
Stanley James said he welcomed news of Government’s pledge to bring the cli...
DATE: Jan 18, 2013
|
CATEGORY:
Health
|
AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Government supplies of flu vaccine have run dry after an “enormous” public response over the weekend.
Two hundred doses of the influenza vaccine were administered from the Hamilton Health Centre on Saturday an additional session brought on by demand....
DATE: Jan 15, 2013
|
CATEGORY:
Health
|
AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Former Health Minister critical of restarting medical clinic
By Jonathan Bell
Government’s commitment to reinstating the medical clinic for vulnerable patients is a step backwards, according to former Health Minister Zane DeSilva.
The One Bermuda Al...
DATE: Jan 15, 2013
|
CATEGORY:
Health
|
The financing of Bermuda’s new hospital facility didn’t come cheap, conceded former Health Minister Zane DeSilva, who advised his successor to keep cost management on the front burner.
New Minister Patricia Gordon-Pamplin stated recently that the pub...
DATE: Jan 14, 2013
|
CATEGORY:
Health
|
AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Department of Health will be offering an additional clinic session today to offer flu shots as the flu season is expected to build.
The session will take place at the Hamilton Health Centre at 67 Victoria Street between 9am and 1pm.
The vaccine c...
DATE: Jan 12, 2013
|
CATEGORY:
Health
|
AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
More than five years after its controversial closure, the Medical Clinic is to open under the One Bermuda Alliance.
Health Minister Patricia Gordon-Pamplin vowed to have the clinic — which served vulnerable patients such as the homeless, elderly and ...
DATE: Jan 10, 2013
|
CATEGORY:
Health
|
AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The end of the holiday season marks the start of a less desirable time of year according to the Health Department — flu season.
A spokeswoman for the Department said yesterday that reports from last week indicate that Influenza B is circulating aroun...
DATE: Jan 10, 2013
|
CATEGORY:
Health
|
AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Bermuda Hospitals Charitable Trust (BHCT) has launched an online platform allowing donors to pledge through their website.
Donations, comments and words of encouragement for individual participants’ fundraising activities can be made in a secure ...
DATE: Jan 09, 2013
|
CATEGORY:
Health
|
