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A mental health professional from the island has been invited to work with colleagues in the Caribbean to develop psychiatric tele-health for the region.
Karen Grant Simmons, director of mental health services for the Bermuda Hospitals Board, gave a ...
DATE: Dec 11, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
St John Ambulance Brigade is holding its second pop-up clinic for the Covid-19 booster shot today from 9am to 1pm.
The Brigade is offering the Moderna bivalent Covid-19 shot to all essential and health workers and anyone aged over 50.
The bivalent ...
DATE: Dec 10, 2022
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Health
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Nurses who developed a procedure to treat and prevent pressure wounds in patients at the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital will see their work published in a British journal on geriatric medicine.
The method was shared already with hundreds of people...
DATE: Dec 09, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A St David’s MP standing with residents condemning plans for a medical waste incinerator at Southside was chairwoman of the authority that reviewed plans for the facility two years ago.
The Environmental Authority met in August 2020 to review a host ...
DATE: Dec 07, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A decision by the American college of Radiology to stop certifying mammography services outside the US did not faze the Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre.
It just headed north to Canada and won accreditation from the Canadian Association of Radiolog...
DATE: Dec 07, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Stefano Ausenda
The St John Ambulance is holding a second free pop-up clinic to give Covid-19 booster shots on Saturday.
To qualify for the booster, people must have received both primary shots, with the last one having been administered at least five months before ...
DATE: Dec 06, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Stefano Ausenda
Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health, on Friday called for continued diligence to help prevent the spread of Covid-19 despite the end of the island’s public health emergency.
Speaking to the House of Assembly, Ms Wilson thanked the many who had co...
DATE: Dec 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
An urgent appeal has been made for people to donate O positive blood because levels were “running low”.
The Bermuda Hospitals Board repeated a call made last month when stocks of the type were reduced after an emergency.
Donors and potential donors o...
DATE: Dec 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Physically or intellectually challenged people will have a larger say in the community, the Government said yesterday.
Tinee Furbert, the Minister of Social Development and Seniors, said the ministry had established the Disability Advisory Council a...
DATE: Dec 03, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Stefano Ausenda
A wing of the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital was lit up in green Friday to send out a signal promoting mental health wellbeing during the upcoming festive season.
Health officials said the move was aimed at making people “joyous and celebratory” ...
DATE: Dec 03, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly