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Health Minister Donates: World Blood Donor Day
Minister of Health Zane DeSilva visited the Bermuda Blood Donor Centre at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital today [June 13] in honour of World Blood Donor Day tomorrow. The Minister donated exactly one pint of blood in a bid to pump life into the hospital’s appeal for more blood donors. “I am keen to do whatever I can to bring attention to the importance... Read more of this article
Administrative Changes Within Health Ministry
“I have called this press conference today to advise the public of administrative changes within the Ministry of Health – namely the moving of programs from the Department of Health to the National Office for Seniors and Physically Challenged,” said Minister of Health Zane DeSilva. “Over recent years there have been several strategic... Read more of this article
Minister Assists Students: Competition In Chile
On Friday [June 8], Minister of Health Zane DeSilva congratulated the students who participated in the recent FutureCare Debate and awarded them each a personal donation towards their upcoming trip to the 2012 PanAmerican Debate Competition in Chile. The Health Insurance Department hosted The FutureCare Debate on May 23, 2012 at the Heritage Worship... Read more of this article
Minister Updates On National Health Plan
Health Minister Zane DeSilva yesterday [Apr.13] updated the House of Assembly on the progress made to date on the National Health Plan. Six Task Groups were established to develop policy options to implement key goals in the Health Plan, and a Steering Committee to oversee developments. The Task Groups are responsible for developing viable solutions... Read more of this article
Fifty-One Group Health Plans Are Cancelled
The Health Department is cancelling 51 employer groups due to non-payment of premiums, Government announced this morning [Mar.26]. Speaking at a briefing on the new premiums being introduced for Government’s Health Insurance Plan [HIP] and the FutureCare programme for seniors, Health Minister Zane DeSilva said the group policies are being cancelled... Read more of this article
Desilva & Blakeney: Ministry Budgets
[Updated with videos] Minister of Health Zane Desilva and Minister of Youth, Families & Sports Glenn Blakeney held a joint press conference this morning [Feb.28], to discuss their Ministry’s respective budgets for the upcoming fiscal year. The proposed 2012/13 budget for the Ministry of Health is $190.98 million, a 10.9% increase from last... Read more of this article
Video: Health Ministry Budget Up 10.9%
The proposed 2012/13 budget for the Ministry of Health is $190.98 million, a 10.9% increase on the base budget from last year, Health Minister Zane Desilva said at yesterday’s [Feb.24] post-budget press conference. All of this increase has been applied to the budget for the Hospital Subsidy, said Minister, with the vast majority of the Ministry’s... Read more of this article
End-to-End Fitness Programme Launches
“The Ministry of Health is very pleased to, once again, throw our support behind the 2012 Catlin End-to-End,” Health Minister Zane Desilva said this morning [Feb.6]. “As we all know, the promotion of healthy lifestyle practices, such as regular exercise, leads to the prevention of many of Bermuda’s leading illnesses and diseases. “Obesity,... Read more of this article
Health Minister On FutureCare
Speaking on Friday in the House of Assembly, Minister of Health Zane DeSilva said that “Government was transparent in how it developed and rolled out FutureCare.” “On 8th December, 2011, the Health Insurance Department issued a detailed press statement on FutureCare co-payments for local specialist care, in which the Director of the... Read more of this article
Videos: Premier’s Town Hall Meeting
Last night [Jan.18] Premier Paula Cox was joined by three Cabinet Ministers at the Dalton E. Tucker Primary School in Southampton, as she hosted the first in a series of Town Hall meetings to discuss the upcoming Budget. The Premier was joined by Attorney General & Minister of Justice Kim Wilson, Minister of Health Zane Desilva, and Minister of... Read more of this article
Ruling ‘Astounded’ Audubon Society
The Bermuda Audubon Society [BAS] has labelled as “absolutely astonishing” a decision by then Environment Minister Walter Roban that could have allowed for further industrial development at Devonshire Marsh. In its winter newsletter, the conservation group says it couldn’t understand how the former Minister could justify upholding... Read more of this article
BEST: Why Decisions Were Wrong
The Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Taskforce [BEST] said they are “concerned that the public is being led to believe there was nothing wrong” with the planning appeal decisions made by former Environment Minister Walter Roban last month. Mr Roban resigned from his position as Minister for Public Works in November, after coming under... Read more of this article
