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Managing funds at the island’s hospitals is “extremely challenging in the current environment”, the Bermuda Hospitals Board’s chief financial officer has said.
Bill Shields added that the BHB was affected by rising costs and global economic challenge...
DATE: Aug 01, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A Bermuda resident who became the island’s first confirmed case of monkeypox is not in hospital and is now recovering from the disease, according to the chief medical officer.
It remains unknown if the virus, which is spread by close personal contact...
DATE: Aug 01, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A tourism health and safety programme that went on hold during the Covid-19 pandemic has been restarted.
Officials from the Caribbean Public Health Agency helped 80 people in tourism and transportation related work to get trained over the course of t...
DATE: Aug 01, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A $6.6 million project is under way to renovate the Bermuda Hospitals Board’s ageing laundry facility, a spokeswoman said.
The work is expected to deliver efficiencies that will reduce costs.
A BHB spokeswoman said the laundry and linen department ha...
DATE: Jul 30, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Two more people have died after they became infected by the coronavirus, it was announced yesterday.
Figures released by the Government showed that 205 results were positive from tests carried out between last Tuesday and yesterday.
There are 263 rec...
DATE: Jul 27, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Bermuda Society of Art’s newest exhibition, Pioneers who Persevered: Black Nurses in Segregated Bermuda, was recently unveiled by the Department of Community, Culture and Sport.
In the exhibition, viewers can scan QR codes on the art installations, ...
DATE: Jul 27, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Stefano Ausenda
There are plans to revitalise and reopen a West End clinic that was shuttered five years ago.
According to a recent planning application, the Government intends to expand the former Somerset Health Centre at the Mangrove Bay Post Office - a Grade 3 l...
DATE: Jul 25, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
An over-the-counter prescription medicine now available on island is proving effective in reducing symptoms of patients who have Covid-19.
The Paxlovid pill – developed by drug company Pfizer, which also manufactures the Covid vaccine – is also helpi...
DATE: Jul 23, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Bermuda’s first confirmed case of monkeypox was revealed last night by health officials, with an unidentified patient said to be in isolation.
The Ministry of Health is investigating potential close contacts and will notify anyone who may have been e...
DATE: Jul 22, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda has recorded another Covid-19 death, but the number of people admitted to hospital has fallen sharply.
The Ministry of Health said last night that it had identified 266 new Covid-19 cases in the past week. There were also 338 recoveries, caus...
DATE: Jul 21, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes