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"Visitor’s View "

Wake up, Bermuda! December 18, 2011 Dear Sir, I have been a yearly visitor to your Island since college week of 1966. Bermuda was always a place with friendly people, low crime and beautiful scenery. It is my ideal vacation choice from my very hectic...
Dec 20, 2011
Health

"Hospital care facility may be available for widow, 98"

Government has indicated there may be a place for 98-year-old widow Mrs O at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital’s long-term care facility. But the cost of keeping her there would be almost $14,000 a month: far more than the amount needed to pay for at...
Dec 19, 2011
Health

"Organisation agrees to collect donations to help widow, 98"

Readers of The Royal Gazette who want to help a 98-year-old widow in desperate need of care now have somewhere to send their donations. The LCCA (Lady Cubitt Compassionate Association) agreed yesterday to “facilitate the collection and disbursement ...
Dec 17, 2011
Letters to the Editor

"No accountability "

December 10, 2011 Dear Sir, Last night, the Health Insurance Department issued a press statement saying: “The implementation of co-payments under Future Care for outside specialists and general practitioners performing services at the hospital, like ...
Dec 16, 2011
Other

"Where is the care for home alone woman, 98?"

A 98-year-old widow suffering from dementia and diabetes who lives alone in her rundown family home has been ruled ineligible for Financial Assistance by Government. Mrs O is in desperate need of round-the-clock care but because she has a “life inter...
Dec 14, 2011
Letters to the Editor

"Apology needed "

Apologise to Mrs Jackson December 7, 2011 Dear Sir, I would like to know when Minister Zane DeSilva is going to apologise to Member of Parliament, Mrs Louise Jackson, for calling her a liar when she was, in fact, correct. AC SMITH Paget
Dec 14, 2011
Health

"Government apologises for FutureCare error"

Government has apologised to FutureCare clients for failing to inform them of a change in co-payments. It also reassured that they will not be hit with bills backdated prior to April 1 2011, despite a system error that led medical providers to be pai...
Dec 09, 2011
Editorials

"Future Care"

The furore over Future Care and what it is now charging seniors for operations raises more questions than answers. Health Minister Zane DeSilva has stated that a computer system error meant that patients should have been paying 25 percent of local su...
Dec 09, 2011
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