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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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CATEGORY:
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
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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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Health
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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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Health
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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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CATEGORY:
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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CATEGORY:
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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CATEGORY:
Health
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Bermuda’s health insurers will be billed an extra three percent this fiscal year, according to a report released yesterday.
The 2010 Actuarial Report for the Bermuda Health Council bases its calculations on the price of a minimum health insurance pa...
DATE: May 18, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
People are being invited to stop by King Edward VII Memorial Hospital (KEMH) this week to meet “ordinary heroes” emergency medical technicians (EMTs).
The Island’s first week devoted to Emergency Medical Services was launched on Mondayby Acting Healt...
DATE: May 18, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
New legislation has been tabled to further protect people who need psychological help from unqualified doctors.
The Psychological Practitioners Amendment Act 2011 aims to tighten up the code of conduct regarding the registration of medics.
It aims t...
DATE: May 16, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Health
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