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A veteran nurse with almost 50 years on the healthcare frontline is shocked to find she has no insurance coverage for emergency bone cancer treatment overseas. Eloise Bell, 73, said yesterday: “I’ve worked here for 50 years, paid my insurance for 50 ...

Plans to switch healthcare coverage under the Bermuda Health Plan will go before the public in town hall meetings set for next month, according to Kim Wilson, the health minister. In a statement, Ms Wilson said the reforms would boost health coverage...

Plans for a broader, cheaper standard health coverage package to encompass all the island’s residents were given a cautious welcome yesterday. Charles Jeffers, the deputy chairman of the seniors advocates Age Concern, called a proposal to revamp the ...

An agreement for a new hospice has been signed between Bermuda Hospitals Board and Friends of Hospice. The memorandum of understanding allows the charity to proceed with building a hospice next to King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, on Berry Hill Road...

Bermuda’s healthcare system will “implode” if general practitioners have restrictions placed on fees, a doctor warned last night. The source said Bermuda’s GPs faced costs up to three times those of the United States but fought to keep medical costs ...

A diabetes expert called on the Government to ensure water and diet drinks are cheaper than sugary sodas and argued that the controversial sugar tax “completely missed the point”. David Cavan, a British-based doctor, questioned whether the island’s s...

The Multiple Sclerosis Society of Bermuda held its third annual medical symposium this weekend aimed at raising awareness of the disease. Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health, commended the organisation for its work over more than 30 years. Ms Wilson s...

World Lupus Day will be marked today. The event was designed to bring together people affected by the autoimmune disease. The Bermuda Lupus Association will hold a tag day tomorrow. The tag day will run from 10am to 6pm in Hamilton, with tag sellers ...

Bermuda’s public health sector is on a “guarded” alert after a resurgence of the measles virus in North America, the Caribbean and Europe, according to Cheryl Peek-Ball, the Chief Medical Officer. She cautioned that there had been no cases of measles...

The number of home healthcare providers has soared, resulting in an increase in abuse of the system, including scams such as time sheets submitted for patients who have died. Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health, revealed the figures last week but said...