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Each patient’s hospital stay has decreased by an average of one day in the 12 months since the Acute Care Wing opened, Chief of Staff Michael Weitekamp revealed yesterday.
The shortened stays mean patients are less likely to suffer effects such as de...
DATE: Sep 15, 2015
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The Bermuda Parent Teacher Student Association has called for immediate action to tackle the shortage of therapists in the Island’s schools.
Harry Matthie, the association’s chairman, said that the recruitment process was too long and new personnel w...
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The Human Rights Commission is fielding more and more complaints of discrimination relating to mental health — but remains powerless because of the Island’s outdated laws.
“I am extremely frustrated that it has taken us this long,” HRC chairman Micha...
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A Devonshire man has admitted possessing 7.03 grams of cannabis.
Appearing in Magistrates’ Court this morning, Patrick Hayward pleaded guilty to having the controlled drug in his possession in Devonshire on April 11.
The court heard that the 30-year...
DATE: Sep 15, 2015
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A three-week-old baby found unconscious at a property in St David’s in the early hours of yesterday has died.
Bermuda Police Service said emergency services attended a report of an incident on Tommy Fox Road at about 3.45am.
“Upon police arrival, it ...
DATE: Sep 15, 2015
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Five community organisations hat are “part of the fabric of Bermuda” have divided $90,000 from proceeds of crime to further their work with young people, Michael Dunkley announced today.
The initiative, known as the Cash Back for Communities programm...
DATE: Sep 15, 2015
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Lawrence Scott, the Shadow Minister of Transport, has called for security cameras to be installed on all public transportation following a recent disturbance that took place on a bus.
Mr Scott suggested the move in the House of Assembly during last ...
DATE: Sep 15, 2015
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Public Works services will be affected by a staff team building meeting tomorrow, the Ministry of Public Works has advised.
Fuel stations at the Government Quarry and Marsh Folly composting facility will close at 12pm - Tynes Bay waste facility will...
DATE: Sep 15, 2015
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A 70ft offshore trimaran that visited Bermuda this year capsized in the Indian Ocean yesterday.
The Multi One Design 70 trimaran, Race for Water, capsized 90 miles from the Chagos Archipelago en route from the Koror Islands while navigating by night ...
DATE: Sep 14, 2015
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House of Cards star Robin Wright will be in Bermuda this week to discuss the locally backed documentary she narrates on the dire human toll exacted by two decades of civil war in the mineral-rich Congo.
Documentary filmmaker Mike Ramsdell’s When Ele...
DATE: Sep 14, 2015
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