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The Bermuda Hospitals Board has been officially designated as an international training centre for emergency cardiac care courses by the American Heart Association.
Twenty-one hospital staff have earned their accreditation as instructors for basic li...
DATE: May 11, 2012
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Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
After more than 40 years spent labouring in the medical field, Susan Pedro has been named the 2012 Nurse of the Year for her dedication.
Mrs Pedro, who currently works in Communicatable Diseases at the Department of Health, said she was shocked and h...
DATE: May 08, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda Hospitals Board will be showing off its automated lab equipment at an open house tomorrow.
The public will get chance to see medical technologists performing tests on a tour of the lab from 8am to noon.
Pathology manager Kathy Stephens said i...
DATE: Apr 27, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Known for his insightful and outgoing personality, 16-year-old Nahge O’Brien, the young sailor well-known to the Bermuda Sloop Foundation, lost his battle to cancer on Sunday.
Nahge succumbed to leukaemia at St Jude’s Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee w...
DATE: Apr 26, 2012
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Health
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A blind 78-year-old veteran is battling to get funds to visit experts in the United States he hopes could restore some of his vision.
Alan Burrows, a former captain of Bermuda Regiment who has been diagnosed with end-stage glaucoma and lost his visio...
DATE: Apr 26, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Bermuda’s hospital facilities have been given an “exemplary” rating by health reviewers Accreditation Canada.
Health Minister Zane DeSilva told the House of Assembly that the Bermuda Hospitals Board had taken top marks, after the organisation added n...
DATE: Apr 24, 2012
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Health
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A new support group for brain tumour survivors will stage its first community awareness event on Saturday with a five kilometre walk and fun day at Southampton Rangers.
Shahidah Abdur-Rahim, who founded the Bermuda Brain Tumour Support group, is a su...
DATE: Apr 13, 2012
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Health
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The Orange Valley Centre is inviting the public to take part in its Move More Health Fair, scheduled to take place on Friday.
The fair, organised under the Ministry of Health, will include participation by Bermuda Cancer and Health, the Bermuda Diabe...
DATE: Apr 11, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Bermuda Hospitals Board (BHB) has been “Accredited with Exemplary Standing” under Canada’s newly introduced accreditation decision levels, the highest possible level of accreditation.
The new decision levels came into effect on January 1, based o...
DATE: Apr 10, 2012
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Health
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Bermuda Hospitals Board (BHB) today announced that, under Accreditation Canada's newly introduced accreditation decision levels, it has been awarded “Accredited with Exemplary Standing” based on the results of its 2011 survey.
The new decision leve...
DATE: Apr 09, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Health
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