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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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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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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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Health
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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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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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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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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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