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The new chief of psychiatry at the Mid-Atlantic Wellness Institute will work to improve the future of mental healthcare in Bermuda.
It will be the role of Chantelle Simmons to continue implementing the Mental Health Plan when she takes the helm at MW...
DATE: Jul 22, 2011
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Youth, Families and Sports Minister Glenn Blakeney has accused The Royal Gazette of "misinformation and inexcusable, irresponsible reporting", for an article on the Government overseas psychoeducational programme.
Mr Blakeney was responding to an art...
DATE: Jul 21, 2011
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Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
About 30 young people who have been treated overseas for psychological issues will “stretch struggling services to the limit” when they return to Bermuda this month.
Concerns are growing that the Island’s public schools system will struggle to cope w...
DATE: Jul 20, 2011
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Health
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Bermuda’s mental healthcare system is said to be about 40 years behind the developed world as patients are still being “hidden behind the walls”.
It is this “stuck in the past” mentality that Dr Michael Radford has worked hard to change during his tw...
DATE: Jul 20, 2011
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Health
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Staff members at local elder-care facilities have recently earned qualifications from the National Certification Council for Activities Professionals (NCCAP).
Health Minister Zane DeSilva said 19 people from Government and private care facilities too...
DATE: Jul 11, 2011
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Health
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The patient safety of our healthcare in Bermuda is on par with the standards of hospitals in Canada.
Bermuda Hospitals Board (BHB) has maintained its accreditation according to a preliminary report from Accreditation Canada.
Five surveyors spent fiv...
DATE: Jul 11, 2011
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Health
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Bermuda Hospitals Board yesterday announced the successful accreditation of its digital mammography unit at the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital (KEMH) by the American College of Radiology (ACR) the gold standard for mammography departments across N...
DATE: Jul 06, 2011
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Health
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Schools are key when it comes to directly influencing the health of our future generations, according to Health Minister Zane DeSilva.
Mr DeSilva has made a ministerial statement to the House of Assembly highlighting the need for coordinated health p...
DATE: Jun 27, 2011
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Health
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Former Senate President Alfred Oughton, who produced perhaps “the most authentic” healthcare report in the Island’s history, has been honoured with a Salute to Service Award.
The Bermuda Health Foundation (BHF) held an awards luncheon yesterday and ...
DATE: Jun 26, 2011
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Health
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Mom Crystal Outerbridge says her prayers have been answered after doctors discovered a potential cure for the rare condition that threatens to leave her son blind.
Ms Outerbridge says she’s overjoyed that six-year-old son Zyare could be given “a new...
DATE: Jun 17, 2011
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Health
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