21 results returned for search: "" category ("Health" AND "News") author Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
Physically disabled residents of Summerhaven claim that they are being put at risk because of a broken telephone and alarm system which leaves them unable to call for help.
Sources spoke to The Royal Gazette over fears of residents being left unatten...
DATE: Aug 08, 2022
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Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
An 87-year-old man suffering from agonising knee pain has been told he will have to wait more than a year to get replacement surgery on the island
DATE: Jun 15, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
A dental hygienist who won a judgment for unfair dismissal against her former employer spoke yesterday about her relief at clearing her name.
Catherine Araujo will receive compensation of $53,015 from the dental clinic where she worked for more than ...
DATE: Jun 08, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
The island’s largest care home for seniors is struggling with severe financial challenges due to stringent Covid-19 regulations, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
Westmeath Residential and Nursing Home, a private facility on Pitts Bay Road, has 50 elderl...
DATE: May 30, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
The Cabinet Office has been ordered to decide whether to release records about the government lab set up to handle Covid-19 testing.
The Molecular Diagnostic and Research Laboratory was launched at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic in spring 2020 an...
DATE: May 12, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
Report says it is “highly likely” that lab employee suffered respiratory and neurological illnesses after inhaling cancer-causing formaldehyde for a decade
DATE: Feb 24, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
A company owned by the Premier’s fintech adviser has earned $3.6 million after it was awarded no competition government contracts as part of the response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Technology firm resPartner, founded and co-owned by Denis Pitcher, wil...
DATE: Feb 08, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
An uninsured senior who was treated by emergency room doctors for two bouts of dizziness has been sent a bill for almost $12,000 by the Bermuda Hospitals Board.
Lloyd Williams, 77, and his wife, Mildred, 70, were stunned to receive two invoices total...
DATE: Jan 31, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
David Burt instructed a senior civil servant to ensure Ewart Brown was compensated for financial losses at his two clinics after the One Bermuda Alliance government slashed fees for medical scans.
The Premier sent the letter to the permanent secretar...
DATE: Dec 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
The Attorney-General has asked a judge to dismiss an order from the Information Commissioner to make the Government hand over records related to payments from the public purse to former premier Ewart Brown.
The civil case was said in the Supreme Cour...
DATE: Dec 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor