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A US celebrity doctor who visited Bermuda this week highlighted concerns about the excessive centralisation of decision-making in healthcare. Drew Pinsky added that it was important for patients to be informed and to have options for health coverage....

More time can be devoted to supporting workplace safety and health measures since the island moved into its latest phase of the Covid-19 pandemic, a senior environmental health officer said. Susan Hill Davidson’s comments came on World Day for Safety...

A World Health Organisation representative yesterday hailed the island’s Covid-19 vaccine rate as he called on residents to make sure all of their shots were up to date. Ian Stein, the WHO and Pan American Health Organisation delegate for Bermuda, Ja...

Traffic will be diverted at the hospital this week to accommodate a lift for cleaning the outside of the building. A Bermuda Hospitals Board spokeswoman said the work will affect anyone driving to the front of the acute care wing at the King Edward V...

A woman who started writing poetry as a teenager will show others how they can use the art form to deal with emotions at a workshop this week. Patricka Ferguson said that people who had never written poems before could find that the experience was no...

A former science adviser to the Government said she was “drained” from tension that arose during planning for the return of public schools after Christmas. Carika Weldon told Diallo Rabain, the Minister of Education, that she wanted to speak on behal...

An official suffered verbal abuse from some parents when children were being screened to attend schools, a testing coordinator told senior civil servants. Tarik Bean-Darrell urged the Department of Education to address the problem when it emerged las...

A member of a steering committee involved in the Government’s plans for universal health coverage said that the group was impartial and had “robust, open” talks. Kirsten Beasley highlighted that everyone on the island has an interest in strengthening...

The Ministry of Health launched its Bermuda Health Strategy 2022–2027 last month in a bid to make sure that everyone has access to essential, quality health services without suffering financial hardship. FIONA McWHIRTER takes a look at some of th...

Women dealing with grief will be offered support from an art therapy group. Finding Solace was organised by Rhea Gibbons with the Women’s Resource Centre. A spokeswoman explained that the art therapy group would give “support for women as they naviga...