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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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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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A patients’ advocate told the Bermuda Hospitals Board to “bring it on” after they threatened to sue for libel over his group’s outspoken remarks.
Mark Selley of the Bermuda Healthcare Advocacy Group [BHAG] has been calling for a commission of inquiry...
DATE: Oct 22, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Health
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Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre will host a free presentation on breast health next Thursday.
Breast radiologist David Green and pathologist Jane Brock will speak at the presentation, which is part of ongoing efforts to raise awareness.
Topics inclu...
DATE: Oct 20, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Health
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The Flu Express events, designed to provide anti-flu jabs across the Island, have been delayed due to a problem obtaining the vaccine.
A Department of Health spokeswoman said: “This is due to a shipping delay which has affected the arrival of the inf...
DATE: Oct 20, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Health
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Health officials have assured parents of Heron Bay Primary school students that tuberculosis is not easy to catch.
About 35 parents turned up last night for a meeting at the school where one student has been found to have been infected with TB.
Their...
DATE: Oct 19, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Health
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Primary school pupils are being tested to check if there has been transmission of Tuberculosis at Heron Bay primary school.
Two people — one a P3 student at the school — have been diagnosed with TB. Both have been isolated, are being treated, and no ...
DATE: Oct 18, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Health
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