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The Bermuda Hospitals Board (BHB) yesterday celebrated Hand Hygiene Day to remind staff to wash their hands.
The initiative, led by the World Health Organisation (WHO) is intended to encourage good hand hygiene to prevent healthcare associated infect...
DATE: May 06, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A woman called “a super role-model” by her colleagues has been named the Nurse of the Year by the Bermuda Hospitals Board.
Beverley Brangman, 58, a dedicated employee of King Edward VII Memorial Hospital for the past 16 years, was handed the top hon...
DATE: May 02, 2011
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Health
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The Shadow Health Minister has attacked the National Health Plan, claiming it leaves the public with “little understanding of how universal health care access will be structured, financed, and administered”.
Louise Jackson yesterday expressed concer...
DATE: Apr 29, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Health
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Government has hit back at claims the National Health Plan is lacking in detail and yesterday assured the public the process would remain transparent.
Permanent Secretary Kevin Monkman, of the Health Ministry, said the Island was only in the first p...
DATE: Apr 29, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Health
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Reforming the Island’s expensive health care system will not cost Bermudians more, but requires better use of what we already spend.
That was the message in one of the last public meetings to be held on the National Health Plan.
Health Minister Zane ...
DATE: Apr 27, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda’s air ambulance has asked Bermuda Hospitals Board to put right comments it says imply it’s unsafe or incompetent.
Bermuda Air Medivac has called in Phoenix Law Chambers in response to BHB’s assertion it needs international certification to be...
DATE: Apr 20, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Bermuda could bring down the cost of health care by employing more experts on Island, an overseas specialist said.
Jose Quesada, who is a director at the University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, was invited by BF&M to speak to local ...
DATE: Apr 19, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Health
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Bermuda Hospitals Board yesterday called for the Island’s air ambulance to gain international certification so it can become the carrier of choice for all patients needing overseas treatment.
However, Bermuda Air Medivac (BAM) argued it could only ge...
DATE: Apr 18, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
A public meeting on the National Health Plan has been moved back two weeks.
But the Ministry of Health urged the public to continue giving feedback on a hotline specifically created to discuss issues surrounding health care on the Island.
The public ...
DATE: Apr 16, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Health
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Some cardiac patients have to wait several hours for America-based air ambulances to fly them overseas for crucial treatment while Bermuda's vehicle sits idle in the St David's hangar.
Bermuda Air Medivac (BAM) vice president Eloise Bell says she's b...
DATE: Apr 14, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
