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The Lorraine Rest Home has been formally renamed the Lorraine Nursing Home as the facility celebrated its 60th anniversary.
Tinée Furbert, the Minister of Social Development and Seniors, said the facility was given a licence to provide nursing care s...
DATE: Aug 31, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Diabetes sufferers are being urged to change their lifestyle as part of a new programme to limit the negative effects of the condition.
Island Health Services has teamed up with the Family Practice Group to treat 17 patients under the Diabetes Rewind...
DATE: Aug 30, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A new clinic treating patients with kidney disease will provide free screening to underinsured sufferers from next month.
Kidney Care Bermuda has formed after the merger of two previous practices — Bermuda Home Dialysis Services and Bermuda Renal Pa...
DATE: Aug 30, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Limited supplies of the Covid-19 vaccine are now available on the island after the manufacturer extended the shelf life of old supplies.
Last night a government spokeswoman said that more than 1,000 doses of the drug had been placed in cold storage i...
DATE: Aug 29, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
About half of schoolchildren with asthma are not listed on a register of students who have the condition, a charity has estimated.
Liz Boden, co-founder of Open Airways, said that pupils should not miss out on lessons or activities because of asthma ...
DATE: Aug 29, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A government MP and an opposition senator have joined forces to offer support to the troubled residential care home Summerhaven.
Anthony Richardson, Progressive Labour Party MP for Hamilton South, and Robin Tucker, the One Bermuda Alliance candidate ...
DATE: Aug 29, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The deadline is approaching for an island-wide survey that aims to provide a better understanding about the provision of stroke rehabilitation services in Bermuda.
The survey, launched in June by healthcare provider Evolution Healing Centre, can be c...
DATE: Aug 29, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
An activist group has called for “complete transparency” from Belco, and for the utility firm to work with the Regulatory Authority and the Government to solve the ongoing problems surrounding pollution.
The call comes as Walter Roban, the Minister ...
DATE: Aug 26, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A doctor who researches cancer treatments hopes his fellow Bermudians will turn out when he battles to win funds for a clinical trial.
Sheldon Holder is one of four finalists in a virtual pitch competition run by Cures Within Reach, a global non-prof...
DATE: Aug 26, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Health officials yesterday said there has been a modest drop in Covid-19 cases, with 121 people infected and five people in hospital.
At the island’s last update on August 17, there were 144 active cases with seven people undergoing hospital treatmen...
DATE: Aug 25, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell