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A former United Bermuda Party politician is to manage a $1 billion budget as a director at a Canadian government health agency.
Neville Darrell has been appointed to the South East Local Health Integration Network in Ontario, and begins the voluntary...
DATE: Jun 08, 2011
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Health Minister Zane DeSilva has praised the Mid-Atlantic Wellness Institute for its efforts integrating patients into the community.
Mr DeSilva told the House of Assembly MWI’s 15 community group homes across the Island allow 116 people to lead norm...
DATE: Jun 07, 2011
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Overseas experts are coming to Bermuda to share their knowledge about some of the Island’s biggest medical issues.
Bermuda Medical Association has teamed up with Tenet Healthcare Corporation in Florida to host the Island’s first medical conference to...
DATE: Jun 04, 2011
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The Department of Health is encouraging the public to talk about sexual health as the Island recognises June as AIDS Awareness Month.
In order to help stem the spread of the deadly virus, senior medical officer Cheryl Peek-Ball called for the communi...
DATE: Jun 03, 2011
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Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
New legislation has been passed to ease the workload of psychologists who are struggling to cope with the impact of gun crime on our communities.
Politicians have unanimously approved the Psychological Practitioners Amendment Act 2011 to assist the I...
DATE: May 28, 2011
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Health Minister Zane DeSilva this week launched a new campaign aimed at getting people to move and shake their way to a healthier lifestyle.
The ‘Move More Bermuda’ campaign seeks to encourage children and adults to include more physical activity in...
DATE: May 25, 2011
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The Bermuda Hospitals Board could be weeks away from receiving a Canadian accreditation, announced Health Minister Zane DeSilva yesterday.
Speaking in the House of Assembly, he told MPs that the BHB had undergone a hospital-wide accreditation survey...
DATE: May 22, 2011
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Former Senate President Alf Oughton will receive this year’s Salute to Service Award from Bermuda Health Foundation.
Mr Oughton is being honoured for his community work, in particular for producing the Health Care Review Report in 1996 which made rec...
DATE: May 19, 2011
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Health
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
The importance of nurses in Bermuda’s ageing population was driven home at the 2011 Nursing Expo yesterday.
Health Minister Zane DeSilva opened the annual event, organised by the Bermuda Nurses’ Association in recognition of May as Nurses’ Month.
“N...
DATE: May 19, 2011
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Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A member of the famed Kennedy clan who has battled drug and alcohol addiction will deliver the keynote address at a dinner hosted by an addiction treatment organisation.
Christopher Kennedy Lawford, a nephew of the late US President John F Kennedy, ...
DATE: May 19, 2011
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