Photos & Video: CORE Cardiac Center Opening

February 4, 2011

Yesterday [Feb 3] saw the official opening of ‘CORE’ – Bermuda’s first Cardiac Prevention and Rehabilitation Center dedicated to reducing the incidence of heart-related deaths on the island.

Pictured below left to right ais Governor Sir Richard Gozney, Simone Barton Executive Director of the Bermuda Heart Foundation, Argus President Gerald Simons, Minister of Health Zane De Silva, Joe Rego Bermuda Heart Foundation Chairman, and Dr. Varinder Singh CORE Cardiologist.

CORE, which stands for the Cardiac Outreach, Renewal and Education Center, will serve persons with potential risks of developing heart problems including those who are pre-diabetic, diabetic, obese, or suffer from hypertension.

Located off Chancery Lane in the City of Hamilton, the Center will provide tailor-made programmes to support and educate at-risk individuals on proper fitness, healthy eating and cardiac awareness following a referral from their doctor. The Bermuda Heart Foundation collaborated with the New York Presbyterian Hospital to set up the cardiac health center.

Minister DeSilva’s full remarks follow below:

Good Morning Everyone,

It is with great pleasure that I am here today to help officially open CORE – Bermuda’s first Cardiac Prevention and Rehabilitation Center dedicated to reducing the incidence of heart-related deaths on the island.

As some of you will be aware, heart disease is the leading cause of death in Bermuda. In 2007, 47 per cent of all deaths were due to cardio vascular disease. That’s almost HALF of all deaths on this island.

CORE, which stands for the Cardiac Outreach, Renewal and Education Center, will serve persons with potential risks of developing heart problems including those who are pre-diabetic, diabetic, obese, or suffer from hypertension.

The Center, conveniently located off Chancery Lane in the City of Hamilton, will provide tailor-made programmes to support and educate at-risk individuals on proper fitness, healthy eating and cardiac awareness following a referral from their doctor.

I would like to offer my sincerest thanks to The Bermuda Heart Foundation, who saw the need for such a facility, and has collaborated with several good corporate citizens to make this a reality.

I must also mention that the foundation has collaborated with the New York Presbyterian Hospital, to set up this state-of-the-art cardiac health center in Bermuda, of which we can be very proud.

We must also acknowledge the contributions being made by Argus, BF&M and Colonial for their proactive approach – by making preventive cardiac care an insurable benefit.

For more than 20 years the Bermuda Heart Foundation has worked to improve heart healthcare on the island and the opening of CORE is yet another example of their commitment to this goal.

Thank You.

Photos by Only the Best, click to enlarge: