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A local company has launched a give back programme offering luxury skincare products to women who have suffered abuse.
Enzuri Beauty, founded by Kisha Tyrrell, launched the programme in partnership with Centre Against Abuse.
The company recently lau...
DATE: Aug 04, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
One case of a contagious illness common to childcare settings and reported to health officials by nursery school owners was confirmed last night by the Ministry of Health as Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease.
The case, in a young child, came after a spoke...
DATE: Aug 03, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Anna Neilson-Williams has been named the new chief of psychiatry for the Bermuda Hospitals Board after almost a year acting in the post.
Dr Neilson-Williams, who has served as the acting chief of psychiatry since last September, will officially take ...
DATE: Aug 03, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The island’s top health official foresees a surge of Covid-19 in the wake of the Cup Match weekend that brought spectators and revellers together in their thousands.
Ayo Oyinloye, the chief medical officer, told The Royal Gazette “the past is an indi...
DATE: Aug 01, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Managing funds at the island’s hospitals is “extremely challenging in the current environment”, the Bermuda Hospitals Board’s chief financial officer has said.
Bill Shields added that the BHB was affected by rising costs and global economic challenge...
DATE: Aug 01, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A Bermuda resident who became the island’s first confirmed case of monkeypox is not in hospital and is now recovering from the disease, according to the chief medical officer.
It remains unknown if the virus, which is spread by close personal contact...
DATE: Aug 01, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A tourism health and safety programme that went on hold during the Covid-19 pandemic has been restarted.
Officials from the Caribbean Public Health Agency helped 80 people in tourism and transportation related work to get trained over the course of t...
DATE: Aug 01, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A $6.6 million project is under way to renovate the Bermuda Hospitals Board’s ageing laundry facility, a spokeswoman said.
The work is expected to deliver efficiencies that will reduce costs.
A BHB spokeswoman said the laundry and linen department ha...
DATE: Jul 30, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Two more people have died after they became infected by the coronavirus, it was announced yesterday.
Figures released by the Government showed that 205 results were positive from tests carried out between last Tuesday and yesterday.
There are 263 rec...
DATE: Jul 27, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Bermuda Society of Art’s newest exhibition, Pioneers who Persevered: Black Nurses in Segregated Bermuda, was recently unveiled by the Department of Community, Culture and Sport.
In the exhibition, viewers can scan QR codes on the art installations, ...
DATE: Jul 27, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Stefano Ausenda