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Numerous senators weighed in on the debate about the Government’s proposal to extend Covid-19 public heath emergency measures.
The regulations, which make the wearing of masks mandatory in certain places such as health facilities and on public transp...
DATE: Jul 21, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Senators have approved legislation that will see quarantine exemptions for members of certain armed forces removed.
The Quarantine Amendment Bill 2022 seeks to amend the Quarantine Act 2017 to make provisions for the Quarantine Authority to make eme...
DATE: Jul 21, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The chairman of Bermuda’s leading cancer care charity is stepping down after more than 21 years in the post.
Gavin Arton has been succeeded by Bill Wharton, the head of Argo Insurance, who formally stepped into the role this month.
Mr Arton said: “PA...
DATE: Jul 21, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Covid-19 pandemic has caused a surge in mental health issues among the young, according to an island charity.
Family Centre, which provides counselling services for troubled teenagers, said that it had seen calls increase almost 50 per cent in th...
DATE: Jul 20, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The Bermuda Health Council has reinstated a mask mandate after a rise in the number of Covid-19 cases.
A spokesperson for the BHeC said: “Due to the increase of coronavirus cases, the mask mandate has been reinstated at the Bermuda Health Council sta...
DATE: Jul 19, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Services at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital are being stretched by “increasing numbers” of Covid-19 patients
DATE: Jul 18, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Two blood donors have been rewarded for their efforts to help to keep the hospital’s blood bank fully stocked.
Janice Richards and Shauna Peyton said that donating blood was “an easy way to help people” and that it could save lives.
The pair were win...
DATE: Jul 16, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
One more person has died due to Covid-19 and 28 people are in now hospital, the Government announced last night.
“Sadly, we had a coronavirus-related death since our last update,” said Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health. “I extend my heartfelt condo...
DATE: Jul 14, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
The number of employers in breach of health insurance rules have fallen year-on-year after a surge in 2020 caused by Covid-19, according to a recent report by the Bermuda Health Council.
The BHeC’s Employers Compliance Annual Report 2021 found that t...
DATE: Jul 09, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
An island-wide survey being carried out to better understand stroke rehabilitation services has been launched.
Evolution Healing Centre, a physiotherapy rehabilitation clinic, is now distributing the online survey which can be accessed here.
It is ...
DATE: Jul 09, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan