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Health-conscious seniors enjoyed an afternoon of fun exercises at a session organised by the Ministry of Health yesterday. The Celebrating Wellness event at Victoria Park, Hamilton, had the theme “Healthy Ageing Starts Now” and was designed to promo...

A town hall meeting on the proposed Bermuda Health Plan will take place in the East End on Thursday. Health minister Kim Wilson will speak at the meeting at Penno’s Wharf, St George’s, from 6.30pm. The planned unified system is designed to replace th...

Community leaders marked Mental Health Awareness Day with an event on the City Hall steps yesterday. Health minister Kim Wilson, Mid-Atlantic Wellness Institute vice-president of clinical operations Preston Swan and Hamilton mayor Charles Gosling del...

An expert on diabetes has been appointed as a consultant endocrinologist by the Bermuda Hospitals Board. Andrew Jamieson, from, Glasgow, Scotland, previously worked to tackle the disease in the United Arab Emirates. Dr Jamieson said: “I am looking fo...

Health minister Kim Wilson will face questions about the standard health benefit premium at a town hall meeting tomorrow. Ms Wilson said “misleading information” had been circulated after the Government announced that the standard health benefit wo...

A Department of Health scheme to promote exercise and diet kicks off next week. The Fitness in the Park programme is to begin on Monday. A Government spokeswoman said: “The Department has partnered with local gyms to promote the important role that...

The Bermuda Cancer & Health Centre has been awarded accreditation in radiation oncology by the American College of Radiology. It is the first clinic outside the United States to achieve the recognition, a voluntary process designed to highlight excel...

Work has begun to seal a section of the roof at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital. Hospital management warned some sections of the General Wing will be noisy while repairs take place over several weeks. Bermuda Hospitals Board apologised for any inco...

A passenger who lost consciousness on a flight is recovering today on a general ward at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital. The victim, a 49-year-old Jamaican woman, took ill on a JetBlue flight from Antigua to New York yesterday. The flight diverted ...

Commissioner of Police Stephen Corbishley paid a well-wishing visit to baby Iziah Freeman at the Nicklaus Children’s Hospital in Florida. Iziah, who is eight months old, is battling rare genetic disorder Costello syndrome, which can result in heart, ...