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An island-based air ambulance service that can get patients in need of urgent treatment to the United States in just a few hours has been officially launched.
Bermuda Air Ambulance Ltd flew eight patients to hospitals in the US this month — and belie...
DATE: Apr 26, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A World Health Organisation representative yesterday hailed the island’s Covid-19 vaccine rate as he called on residents to make sure all of their shots were up to date.
Ian Stein, the WHO and Pan American Health Organisation delegate for Bermuda, Ja...
DATE: Apr 26, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
More than 50 hospital staff were off work this weekend after testing positive for Covid-19 or coming into close contact with positive cases.
A Bermuda Hospitals Board said 53 people were affected out of 1,800 staff, adding: “Most positive staff cases...
DATE: Apr 25, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Government’s health clinic in Hamilton is shut for the rest of this week after service was interrupted by a plumbing leak next door.
Public works staff said the leak adjacent to Hamilton Health Centre on Victoria Street would require “significant...
DATE: Apr 21, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda’s active cases of Covid-19 have climbed sharply in the past week to 293, health officials reported last night.
There are now nine people in hospital, but none are being treated in intensive care. No deaths were recorded this week.
The update ...
DATE: Apr 21, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Vision Bermuda has launched a fundraising drive to prepare the charity to ready its renovated headquarters to reopen.
The charity, formerly known as the Bermuda Society for the Blind, said major work on Beacon House is expected to be completed by the...
DATE: Apr 20, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A lab worker with the Department of Health was declared the winner of the Public Health Professional Award for her work in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Sakina Usher, a clinical laboratory supervisor, was credited for working behind the scenes ...
DATE: Apr 19, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Traffic will be diverted at the hospital this week to accommodate a lift for cleaning the outside of the building.
A Bermuda Hospitals Board spokeswoman said the work will affect anyone driving to the front of the acute care wing at the King Edward V...
DATE: Apr 18, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Bermuda’s Covid-19 death toll rose by two this week as the number of active cases fell.
Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health, said last night she was saddened by the two latest deaths, which brought the number of Covid-19-related deaths in Bermuda to 1...
DATE: Apr 14, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A popular chocolate egg has been pulled from store shelves over fears of a potential salmonella contamination.
Kinder products, which include chocolate eggs and bars, have been removed from Lindo’s grocery stores and the Phoenix Store
In a statement,...
DATE: Apr 13, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan