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Government is urging people to use antibiotics responsibly and dispose of out-of-date medication during Public Health Week this year.
The Ministry of Health will recognise Public Health Week from yesterday to Thursday.
This year’s theme is ‘Get Smart...
DATE: Apr 05, 2011
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Bus drivers got the chance to move from behind their steering wheels and stretch their legs at their very own health day.
The Department of Public Transportation (DPT) hosted its first ever wellness day last week to promote the importance of healthy...
DATE: Apr 04, 2011
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Rich residents, one living in Tucker’s Town, are paying just $384 a month for Government’s subsidised health insurance plan for the elderly, Shadow Health Minister Louise Jackson has claimed.
Mrs Jackson, who has been a long-time critic of the plan,...
DATE: Mar 31, 2011
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Claims that emergency surgical procedures were cancelled to accommodate medical tourism are unfair attacks according to head surgeons at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital.
Chief of Surgery,Wesley Miller, Chief of Anaesthesia, Richard Hammond, and Di...
DATE: Mar 30, 2011
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Pharmacists who go beyond the call of duty are to be honoured with a Public Health Award this year.
A ministerial statement by Health Minister Zane DeSilva also revealed that National Public Health Week will run from April 4 to 8. The theme this year...
DATE: Mar 30, 2011
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The Argus Group, alongside the Bermuda Hospitals Board and the Department of Health, will this year focus on heart health during the annual Health Fair.
The Argus Health Fair, will take place on April 7, featuring more than 35 booths representing var...
DATE: Mar 29, 2011
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Income tax will not be created to fund changes to the health insurance system the Bermuda Health Council CEO said yesterday.
Jennifer Attride-Stirling told Hamilton Rotarians yesterday the National Health Plan proposals do not outline how reforms wit...
DATE: Mar 23, 2011
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The cost of Government's basic health care plan has jumped 60 percent in two years.
Meanwhile, the cost of FutureCare has also increased. Senior citizens will be asked to pay six to 25 percent more for Government health insurance depending on the pla...
DATE: Mar 22, 2011
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Concerned residents have accused health bosses of trying to change Bermuda’s health system with a plan “lacking in information”.
The first public meeting of the National Health Plan saw members of the public complaining they couldn’t pass judgement o...
DATE: Mar 21, 2011
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Patients need to brace themselves for longer waiting times for surgery as they are “pushed aside” to make room for Americans undergoing the new prostate cancer treatment.
This is the view of a medical practitioner who knows of at least one surgery be...
DATE: Mar 21, 2011
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