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The health minister has warned against complacency as two more people have died after becoming infected with Covid-19
DATE: Jul 01, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
An addiction treatment charity has moved its entire operation east, where it hopes to fulfil the ambition of one of the organisation’s founders.
Focus Counselling Services relocated from its Union Street base to “Jerry’s House” on Barry Road in St Ge...
DATE: Jun 30, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The introduction of on-island radiation therapy has made treatment more accessible and saved the public more than $35 million over the past five years, according to the Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre.
A BCHC spokeswoman said that between 80 and 100...
DATE: Jun 28, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Almost a third of people postponed dental appointments and more than a fifth delayed routine visits to the doctor because of the coronavirus pandemic, a survey has found.
Results from Narrative Research Bermuda showed that most patients would resched...
DATE: Jun 27, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Covid-19 has helped people change the way they think about their health, according to a diabetes educator.
But Sara Bosch de Noya, of the Bermuda Diabetes Association, believes the condition needs to be treated as a pandemic if it is to be properly o...
DATE: Jun 24, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
The island’s confirmed active cases of Covid-19 have tumbled to 251, health officials revealed last night – with three people in hospital but no one in intensive care.
Active cases of the virus, which have hovered below 400 for the past few weeks, st...
DATE: Jun 23, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Mid-Atlantic Wellness Institute could close within ten years as services are moved into the community, according to a new long-term plan for the centre published yesterday.
The Bermuda Hospitals Board has published a five-year strategy for Mid-At...
DATE: Jun 22, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
An aspiring nurse was put to the challenge last week when she spent two days volunteering at a medical centre.
Teizh Hall, a Year 10 pupil at Warwick Academy, was stationed in an outpatient clinical unit at Bermuda Healthcare Services in Paget as par...
DATE: Jun 22, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Children who are raised without a father figure are more likely to end up in jail, according to a pressure group.
And Eddie Tavares, the head of Childwatch, said that money spent on incarcerating inmates would be better spent encouraging fathers to p...
DATE: Jun 18, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The Government was urged today by the Opposition to follow the example of a tourism competitor after the Bahamas announced this week that it was scrapping its Covid-19 Travel Health Visa.
Michael Dunkley, the Shadow Health Minister, highlighted the a...
DATE: Jun 17, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell