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Leaders in health have urged residents not to quit measures introduced to help protect against Covid-19.
Wesley Miller, the Bermuda Hospitals Board Chief of Staff, and Ayoola Oyinloye, the island’s Chief Medical Officer, highlighted yesterday the imp...
DATE: Jun 10, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Healthcare providers, educators and legal professionals are being invited to an open house by psychological and psychiatric treatment centre Solstice.
The event, being held today from 5pm to 7pm, is an effort to “help strengthen the supports offered ...
DATE: Jun 09, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
More blood donors are needed to keep pace with the growing need for transfusions, the Bermuda Hospitals Board warned yesterday.
Eyitayo Fakunle, consultant haematologist for the Bermuda Hospitals Board, said there were nearly 2,000 blood transfusions...
DATE: Jun 09, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Another 343 new positive Covid-19 cases have been reported, it was announced last night.
The cases were confirmed among 9,203 test results received by the health ministry from last Tuesday to Monday, representing a four per cent test positivity rate....
DATE: Jun 09, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A representative of the Pan American Health Organisation met with officials on the island this week to discuss health challenges facing Bermuda.
Ian Stein, PAHO’s representative to Jamaica, Bermuda and the Cayman Islands, left the island yesterday af...
DATE: Jun 08, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A dental hygienist who won a judgment for unfair dismissal against her former employer spoke yesterday about her relief at clearing her name.
Catherine Araujo will receive compensation of $53,015 from the dental clinic where she worked for more than ...
DATE: Jun 08, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
A healthcare provider is to carry out an island-wide survey to better understand the provision of stroke rehabilitation services in Bermuda.
Evolution Healing Centre, a physiotherapy rehabilitation clinic, plans to distribute the online survey in the...
DATE: Jun 06, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
More than 15,000 cases of Covid-19 have now been logged in Bermuda since the start of the pandemic, government figures released last night show.
In the latest weekly update, the Ministry of Health said it has received 9,343 test results, and 330 were...
DATE: Jun 02, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
About 50 demonstrators marched on the Cabinet building yesterday to protest what they claim is discrimination by health officials.
Patients of the Hamilton Medical Centre say that a decision by the Bermuda Health Council to deny the clinic the right ...
DATE: Jun 01, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A month-long celebration of the nursing profession came to a close with a candlelit ceremony at Barr’s Bay Park last night.
In keeping with the theme of Nurses Month 2022, Triumphantly We Move Forward, keynote speaker Gaynell Hayward-Caesar highlight...
DATE: Jun 01, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan