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A robot has joined the staff at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital (KEMH) to assist in difficult cases.
Akin to C-3P0 in 'Star Wars', or Rosie in 'The Jetsons', RP-7 is proof that we've entered a new era in medicine.
Manned by physicians at the Lahey ...
DATE: Jul 07, 2009
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Men need to develop their own wellness plans, according to the Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre's education officer Rhonda Smith-Simmons.
She was speaking yesterday at the Hamilton Rotary Club on men's health and as part of the Centre's "Movember" mo...
DATE: Nov 03, 2010
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GENEVA (AP) – The spread of HIV and AIDS among millions of people could be slowed if addicts who inject drugs were treated as medical patients rather than as criminals, the International Federation of the Red Cross said yesterday.
More than 80 percen...
DATE: Nov 26, 2010
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I can say it with a straight face: I barely felt a thing.
Giving blood at the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital (KEMH) Donor Clinic turns out to be a virtually painless and quick procedure.
No identification is needed: new donors fill out contact in...
DATE: Dec 01, 2010
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Bermudians are aware of the dangers of Aids, but still many in the community are failing to protect themselves, according to counsellor Carolyn Armstrong.
Speaking before today's World Aids Day, Ms Armstrong said many people are making dangerous choi...
DATE: Dec 01, 2010
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This year 15 people were diagnosed with HIV or Aids.
The number is down from last year when 22 people were diagnosed with the illnesses.
During World Aids Day yesterday Health Minister Zane DeSilva said the Government was committed to fighting the di...
DATE: Dec 02, 2010
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Health Minister Zane DeSilva congratulated the Bermuda Hospitals Board for last night signing a project agreement for the new hospital site.
The agreement with Paget Health Services (PHS), a consortium of experienced local and international firms, a...
DATE: Dec 02, 2010
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Once crippled by obesity, 14-year-old Kjeld Steede is now fighting fit.
At the age of ten and on the brink of diabetes, he weighed nearly 200 pounds and suffered from dangerously high blood pressure.
But a 2006 trip to Dockyard aboard the Bermuda Slo...
DATE: Dec 04, 2010
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Progress has been made in revamping Bermuda's health care industry, Health Minister Zane DeSilva has said.
It was stated at a recent health care financing summit that 34 percent of 104 recommendations from a 1996 examination of the Island's heal...
DATE: Dec 06, 2010
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The Bermuda Hospitals Board will make its first payment for the hospital redevelopment in 2014.
Health Minister Zane DeSilva told the House of Assembly under the agreement between Paget Health Services (PHS), the company that will be building and mai...
DATE: Dec 06, 2010
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