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A decision by the American college of Radiology to stop certifying mammography services outside the US did not faze the Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre.
It just headed north to Canada and won accreditation from the Canadian Association of Radiolog...
DATE: Dec 07, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Stefano Ausenda
The St John Ambulance is holding a second free pop-up clinic to give Covid-19 booster shots on Saturday.
To qualify for the booster, people must have received both primary shots, with the last one having been administered at least five months before ...
DATE: Dec 06, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Stefano Ausenda
Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health, on Friday called for continued diligence to help prevent the spread of Covid-19 despite the end of the island’s public health emergency.
Speaking to the House of Assembly, Ms Wilson thanked the many who had co...
DATE: Dec 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
An urgent appeal has been made for people to donate O positive blood because levels were “running low”.
The Bermuda Hospitals Board repeated a call made last month when stocks of the type were reduced after an emergency.
Donors and potential donors o...
DATE: Dec 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Physically or intellectually challenged people will have a larger say in the community, the Government said yesterday.
Tinee Furbert, the Minister of Social Development and Seniors, said the ministry had established the Disability Advisory Council a...
DATE: Dec 03, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Stefano Ausenda
A wing of the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital was lit up in green Friday to send out a signal promoting mental health wellbeing during the upcoming festive season.
Health officials said the move was aimed at making people “joyous and celebratory” ...
DATE: Dec 03, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
David Burt has accepted a petition against a medical waste incinerator set to be built in St David’s – but insisted on meeting with protesters privately rather than “in the public domain”.
Mr Burt met with the group Concerned Citizens of St David’s o...
DATE: Dec 03, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The awards have come in for the men’s health charity drive MOvember 2022.
Sponsorship and donations towards the light-hearted competition for growing facial hair support the Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre’s programmes.
These including free men’s he...
DATE: Dec 02, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda recorded another Covid-related death on the day emergency powers imposed to deal with pandemic were officially lifted.
The latest fatality brings the death toll from the disease to 152.
This follows the island recording two coronavirus-relat...
DATE: Dec 01, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
Bermuda’s Movember charity challenge came to its finale with an awards ceremony followed by a celebratory shave-off last night.
The annual men’s health drive closed with a bash at Clube Vasco Da Gama in Hamilton for the Bermuda Cancer and Health Cent...
DATE: Dec 01, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell