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Bermuda Hospitals Board has cut short its multi-million dollar five-year contract with Kurron Shares by 18 months to save money, it announced last night.
The publicly-funded quango revealed the news in a statement released shortly after Shadow Health...
DATE: Feb 12, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
The Bermuda Democratic Alliance (BDA) has questioned the cost and sustainability of the recently unveiled National Health Plan 2011.
According to MP Shawn Crockwell, several questions immediately arose when reading the plan and need clarification, p...
DATE: Feb 10, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Health
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The public has been urged to attend a mental health forum tonight in St George’s and not put their mental health on the back burner.
The forum will take place from 7-8.30pm tonight at Penno’s Wharf in St George’s, after others were held in Pembroke ...
DATE: Feb 10, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Health
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Major insurance companies have backed Government’s National Health Plan, but say the challenge will be in properly designing and implementing it.
According to John Wight, president and CEO of BF&M Insurance Group, there were some practical elements ...
DATE: Feb 10, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Health
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Overseas health care accounts for the most significant area of increase to health costs on the Island and needs to be streamlined.
According to the National Health Plan 2011, released yesterday, money spent on overseas care has risen by 106 percent ...
DATE: Feb 09, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Health
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One hundred percent of Bermuda residents will be provided with basic and essential health care in 2013, under a revolutionary National Health Plan unveiled yesterday.
Health Minister Zane DeSilva said the plan would introduce “wide-ranging and profo...
DATE: Feb 09, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
King Edward VII Memorial Hospital outpatient services will offer free health screenings to the public on Wednesday.
The initiative is part of the KEMH’s Healthy Heart Month.
It allows people to get tested for blood pressure, blood sugar, weight circ...
DATE: Feb 07, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Health
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A 20-year “labour of love” was opened to the public following the dedication of the Cardiac Outreach, Renewal and Educational Centre (CORE).
Health Minister Zane DeSilva and Bermuda Heart Foundation executive director Simone Barton presided over CORE...
DATE: Feb 07, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Across the world, cancer kills more people than HIV, malaria and tuberculosis combined.
February 4 is World Cancer Day, and the Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre, as a member of the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC), is appealing for Bermu...
DATE: Feb 03, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Health
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Participants in the annual End-to-End race can benefit from a training programme launched yesterday by Health Minister Zane DeSilva.
A brochure detailing the ‘Get Ready, Get Fit’ initiative will be mailed to every home on the Island.
It outlines a t...
DATE: Feb 03, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
