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The Mid-Atlantic Wellness Institute could close within ten years as services are moved into the community, according to a new long-term plan for the centre published yesterday.
The Bermuda Hospitals Board has published a five-year strategy for Mid-At...
DATE: Jun 22, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
An aspiring nurse was put to the challenge last week when she spent two days volunteering at a medical centre.
Teizh Hall, a Year 10 pupil at Warwick Academy, was stationed in an outpatient clinical unit at Bermuda Healthcare Services in Paget as par...
DATE: Jun 22, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Children who are raised without a father figure are more likely to end up in jail, according to a pressure group.
And Eddie Tavares, the head of Childwatch, said that money spent on incarcerating inmates would be better spent encouraging fathers to p...
DATE: Jun 18, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The Government was urged today by the Opposition to follow the example of a tourism competitor after the Bahamas announced this week that it was scrapping its Covid-19 Travel Health Visa.
Michael Dunkley, the Shadow Health Minister, highlighted the a...
DATE: Jun 17, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The number of active Covid-19 cases has dropped slightly, according to latest figures released last night.
A total of 334 positive results were returned from 8,589 tests, giving a positivity rate of four per cent. The tests were taken in the seven da...
DATE: Jun 17, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A sense of security and trust will ensure that people visit a doctor more often to take care of their health, according to a physician.
Stanley James warned that a fear of vulnerability drove people to ignore their health and become reluctant to visi...
DATE: Jun 17, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
The Ministry of Health was unable to issue its weekly Covid-19 update tonight because of a technical glitch.
A spokeswoman said that the department’s epidemiology and surveillance unit database was offline owing to technical difficulties.
The spokes...
DATE: Jun 16, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Rules governing who can donate blood on the island could soon change as international standards shift.
While restrictions have been in place to block those who were in Britain during outbreaks of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, commonly known as m...
DATE: Jun 16, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
City of Hamilton staff enjoyed a mini health fair today at the official launch of an employee wellness programme.
The event took place at Laffan Street car park and gave employees the chance to interact with health and fitness vendors, set personal h...
DATE: Jun 16, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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An 87-year-old man suffering from agonising knee pain has been told he will have to wait more than a year to get replacement surgery on the island
DATE: Jun 15, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor