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Bermuda’s Covid-19 numbers rose from 229 to 258 this week, although no new deaths from the virus were reported.
Twelve Covid-19 patients are in hospital, up from five last week, but none are in intensive care.
According to a spokeswoman for the Minis...
DATE: Jul 07, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Westgate inmates complained that they were punished for refusing Covid-19 tests, according to the 2021 Ombudsman's Report.
The report, the last by former Ombudsman Victoria Pearman, said the Ombudsman’s Office received several complaints from inmates...
DATE: Jul 06, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The health minister said she was grateful to residents who got vaccinated against the coronavirus after the island’s mass vaccination programme wound up.
Kim Wilson also urged anyone who was considering getting the jab for the first time to go to a “...
DATE: Jul 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A champion for Bermuda’s intellectually disabled helped found a home for people with mental challenges to live with dignity.
Ellen Douglas, who opened Hope Homes in 1982, also volunteered for the homeless in Bermuda.
The education therapist was recog...
DATE: Jul 04, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell, Chief Obituary Writer
The health minister has warned against complacency as two more people have died after becoming infected with Covid-19
DATE: Jul 01, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
An addiction treatment charity has moved its entire operation east, where it hopes to fulfil the ambition of one of the organisation’s founders.
Focus Counselling Services relocated from its Union Street base to “Jerry’s House” on Barry Road in St Ge...
DATE: Jun 30, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The introduction of on-island radiation therapy has made treatment more accessible and saved the public more than $35 million over the past five years, according to the Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre.
A BCHC spokeswoman said that between 80 and 100...
DATE: Jun 28, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Almost a third of people postponed dental appointments and more than a fifth delayed routine visits to the doctor because of the coronavirus pandemic, a survey has found.
Results from Narrative Research Bermuda showed that most patients would resched...
DATE: Jun 27, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Covid-19 has helped people change the way they think about their health, according to a diabetes educator.
But Sara Bosch de Noya, of the Bermuda Diabetes Association, believes the condition needs to be treated as a pandemic if it is to be properly o...
DATE: Jun 24, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
The island’s confirmed active cases of Covid-19 have tumbled to 251, health officials revealed last night – with three people in hospital but no one in intensive care.
Active cases of the virus, which have hovered below 400 for the past few weeks, st...
DATE: Jun 23, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell