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Government health insurance funds ran a deficit of nearly $13 million in the first operational year of FutureCare, according to financial statements tabled in the House of Assembly yesterday.
The statements of the FutureCare Fund (FCF), the Health In...
DATE: Jul 21, 2012
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Health
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Government today tabled a backlog of financial statements and audit opinions relating to its health insurance funds in the House of Assembly.
Health Minister Zane DeSilva presented financial statements for the Health Insurance Fund and the Mutual Rei...
DATE: Jul 20, 2012
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Health
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Excess medical waste that piled up in containers while the hospital incinerator was out of commission has been removed from a dump at the West End.
A spokeswoman for the Bermuda Hospitals Board said that all the remaining hazardous waste from Sally P...
DATE: Jul 17, 2012
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Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda Hospitals Board staff are visiting a number of overseas hospitals to pick up tips as they continue to oversee the redevelopment of the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital.
Media reports in the UK say health teams from Bermuda were recently at t...
DATE: Jul 17, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
The Bermuda Hospitals Board last night confirmed its chief of staff Dr Donald Thomas has been put on administrative leave.
In a short statement, a BHB spokesperson said: "We can confirm that our chief of staff, Dr Donald Thomas, is currently on admin...
DATE: Jul 14, 2012
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Health
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Bermuda Hospitals Charitable Trust today announced that Lindo's has made a donation of $500,000 to the Why it Matters campaign in support of the King Edward VII Memorial (KEMH) Redevelopment Project.
BHCT is an independent non-profit organisation tha...
DATE: Jul 05, 2012
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Health
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A backlog of medical waste is now being incinerated at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital — but critics are crying foul over “underhand” tactics in its disposal.
The Royal Gazette reported last month that the waste, which included human body parts and...
DATE: Jul 04, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Primary One students in Government schools will receive free speech and language screening.
The screening is on offer at the Department of Health, starting Monday through July 13.
Appointments can be made with the Department’s coordinator for speech ...
DATE: Jun 29, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
People are now able to pay their HIP and FutureCare premiums online through Butterfield online banking.
Announcing the move at a press conference, Health Minister Zane DeSilva said it should help those who find it inconvenient to pay in person. Onlin...
DATE: Jun 27, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
A US expert is to give a public talk on childhood and adolescent obesity next week.
Margaret Demment, a PhD student at Cornell University, will discuss how the condition is linked to the early onset of Type 2 diabetes.
Based on her thesis, Childhood ...
DATE: Jun 21, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Health
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