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A shortage of hospital beds has continued to cause delays to non-essential operations – and some patients said they were upset about the lack of notice for postponements.
A patient told The Royal Gazette that she had been scheduled for surgery on Aug...
DATE: Aug 30, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Charter boat skippers have questioned why they have to endure stricter Covid-19 precautions than public ferries.
Michael Gladwin, the president of the Tour Boat Owners Association, claimed that charter boats were unfairly targeted by an insistence on...
DATE: Aug 30, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The Eastern Lions Club has donated $1,500 to the Bermuda Diabetes Association in memory of the parents of one of its members.
Eastern Lions president Delma Parfitt said the service club decided to make the donation to the association that in conjunc...
DATE: Aug 30, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
More than 50 new coronavirus cases were logged in the last three days, health officials announced last night.
The news came as Kim Wilson, the health minister, warned that more people were ignoring Covid-19 regulations and going to work when they had...
DATE: Aug 28, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The Bermuda Health Council and Final Steps Bermuda will hold a Facebook Live workshop on end of life care next Wednesday, September 1.
The event will start at 12.30pm and questions can be submitted to healthcouncil@bhec.bm
The session can be found a...
DATE: Aug 28, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
More that 40 new coronavirus cases have been recorded in the space of four days, health officials announced last night.
The 42 new cases brought the number of active coronavirus infections up to 141, with five people in hospital, up from one on Frida...
DATE: Aug 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A mother yesterday said was inspired to start a specialist support group after her 16-year-old son suffered traumatic brain injuries in a car crash.
Helen Cart set up the Bermuda TBI Survivors and Parents/Caregivers Support Group, a private Facebook ...
DATE: Aug 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Bermuda’s Covid-19 vaccination rate continued to inch up last week.
The Government said that 64.9 per cent of the population had been given both jabs for full immunity and 66.3 per cent have had a single dose.
That compared to 64.6 per cent with two...
DATE: Aug 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Campaigners opposed to Covid-19 vaccination yesterday questioned claims by US drug regulators that the Pfizer vaccine was safe and deserved full approval.
The Bermuda Freedom Alliance insisted that the drug had still to undergo trials.
Eugene Dean of...
DATE: Aug 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The Pfizer vaccine was yesterday given full approval by US authorities.
The Food and Drug Administration gave the vaccine its strongest endorsement on the grounds of the massive amount of evidence that it is safe.
Janet Woodcock, the acting FDA commi...
DATE: Aug 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor