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St David’s Urgent Care Centre Hours Confirmed
The Bermuda Hospitals Board confirmed that the operating hours for the Lamb Foggo Urgent Care Centre from Saturday 30 November 2013 will continue to be from 4pm to midnight on weekdays and midday to midnight over the weekends. It will also open in the event the Causeway is closed. The service had been planned to cease on Friday 29 November, however... Read more of this article
Videos & Photos: Lamb Foggo Protest March
Close to 5,000 signatures were on the petition that was presented to Premier Craig Cannonier at the conclusion of yesterday’s [Nov 22] protest march. The march was focused over the future of the Lamb Foggo Urgent Care Centre, a situation that has been in the headlines recently. The Bermuda Hospitals Board announced a few weeks ago they would close... Read more of this article
Live Updates/Video: Lamb Foggo Protest March
[Updating] The planned protest march over the Lamb Foggo Urgent Care Centre situation is set to get underway at 12pm today [Nov 22]. leaving from the BIU headquarters and heading to the House of Assembly where a petition with over 3,000 signatures will be presented. Citing financial losses in the $100,000 to $350,000 per year range, the Bermuda Hospitals... Read more of this article
Minister Directs BHB: Keep Lamb Foggo Open
[Updated with video, PLP & BHB response] Health Minister Patricia Gordon Pamplin has just announced that she has directed the Bermuda Hospitals Board to keep the Lamb Foggo Urgent Care Centre open until an “alternative plan is worked out that meets the needs of the people of the East End.” The Minister said she “anticipates no... Read more of this article
Minister & PLP On Lamb Foggo Centre Expenses
[Updated with video/documents] The debate over the plans to close the Lamb Foggo Urgent Care Centre in St David’s continues, with Opposition MPs saying that the Health Minister has been “misleading” about the financial performance as it operated at a surplus, while the Minister released a document indicating the facility would need an... Read more of this article
Lamb Foggo Protest March Planned On Friday
[Updated] A march to protest the plans to close down the Lamb Foggo Urgent Care Centre in St David’s is scheduled for tomorrow [Nov 22], set to leave BIU headquarters and make its way to the House of Assembly where a petition will be presented. Citing financial losses in the $100,000 to $350,000 per year range, the Bermuda Hospitals Board [BHB]... Read more of this article
Health Minister On Lamb Foggo Centre Closure
Health and Seniors Minister Patricia Gordon-Pamplin spoke on the BHB’s decision to close the Lamb-Foggo Urgent Care Centre in St. David’s today [Nov 15] in the House of Assembly. The Minister said, “I have tried not to be inhospitable to the Opposition for their role in placing the BHB in this dire situation, however, when misinformation... Read more of this article
PLP MP To Host Lamb-Foggo UCC Meeting
The Progressive Labour Party will be hosting a Town Hall Meeting on Thursday [Nov 14] starting at 7pm at the Clearwater Middle School, and are encouraging anyone interested in keeping the Lamb-Foggo Urgent Care Centre open to attend. Citing financial losses in the $100,000 to $350,000 per year range, the Bermuda Hospitals Board [BHB] recently announced... Read more of this article
Marc Bean: Health Minister Is “Derelict” In Duty
The public hasn’t “heard a single word” from the Minister of Health Patricia Gordon Pamplin about the closure of the Lamb Foggo Urgent Care Centre, which is “clear evidence of this part-time Minister’s casual approach to healthcare”, Opposition Leader Marc Bean said today [Nov 7]. Citing financial losses in the $100,000... Read more of this article
PLP: OBA Neglected To Mention Board Members
In an OBA MP’s “haste to distance” the party from the decision to close the Lamb-Foggo Urgent Care Centre, they “neglected to mention” that the OBA Chairman, an OBA MP, and a former OBA MP are all members of the BHB board that made the decision, the Shadow Health Minister said today. The OBA responded by saying there are... Read more of this article
Lamb Foggo Petition Posted In St David’s Store
The debate over the closing of the Lamb Foggo Urgent Care Centre [UCC] in the east end continues, with a petition being posted in a St David’s store asking people to “lodge their outrage” at the closure. The petition was available on the store’s counter, and a few sheets were already filled with signatures. The petition... Read more of this article
MP Foggo: OBA Turned Their Back On East End
“It is sad that given the East End provided the margin of victory for the One Bermuda Alliance’s Election campaign that a year later the OBA has turned its back on the people of the East End,” St David’s MP Lovitta Foggo said today. Ms Foggo said, “In 2012 the OBA said they would ‘Establish an ambulance station that will... Read more of this article
Lamb Foggo Daytime Diagnostic Service To Stop
Bermuda Hospitals Board today [Apr 1] confirmed that the Lamb Foggo Urgent Care Centre will remain open for its out of hours urgent care services, but will no longer have a limited daytime diagnostic service available on weekdays effective today. This means the urgent care service will continue to be staffed by a physician, nurses and diagnostic technicians... Read more of this article
