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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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Health
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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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Health
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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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Health
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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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Health
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Health stakeholders and members of the public have expressed concerns that timelines proposed in a Bermuda Health Council (BHeC) paper on insurance reforms may not be achieveable.
But according to executive director of BHeC, Jennifer Attride-Stirlin...
DATE: Mar 21, 2011
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Health
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Volunteers at Saltus Grammar School are braving the hair clippers this week in the name of cancer research.
Teachers and students will get their heads shaved to raise money for the St Baldrick’s Foundation for childhood cancer research, along with PA...
DATE: Mar 18, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Seniors are to be encouraged to get active instead of staring at the walls or TV in their care home. Staff at residential care homes and nursing homes across the Island are to go on a training course to learn how to provide recreational activities.
A...
DATE: Mar 16, 2011
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Health
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A Southampton couple mourning the loss of their dog has warned: this plant can kill.
A West Highlands Terrier owned by Keith and Pat Jones died after chewing seeds from a sago palm, a decorative tree said to be increasingly popular in Bermuda. “Most ...
DATE: Mar 16, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Staff have been sent home and patients put into isolation to prevent a chicken pox outbreak at the King Edward Memorial VII Hospital.
One member of staff is currently ill with chicken pox and a further four staff have been told to stay at home as a p...
DATE: Mar 15, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Health
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In the lead up to Public Health Week, the Ministry of Health is looking for nominations for the 2011 Public Health Awards.
The awards, to be handed out in a ceremony on April 6, will honour the physicians and pharmacists that help improve Bermuda’s h...
DATE: Mar 14, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
