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Venetta Symonds started full-time work for the Bermuda Hospitals Board 40 years ago today as one of the first black radiographers at the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital. Her ambition back then was not to become chief executive officer of the entire...

Bermuda’s acute care hospital is “well positioned” for a second wave of Covid-19, its outgoing chief executive has said. Venetta Symonds, who will retire from the Bermuda Hospitals Board on July 31, added that the organisation’s 1,800 employees had p...

All five seniors’ homes hit by Covid-19 have been declared free of the virus, the Ministry of Health said today. The Matilda Smith Williams Seniors Residence in Devonshire had the most cases, with 28 staff and patients affected. Testing on everyone a...

Most women due to give birth in hospital will still be able to have their partners at their side when they are in labour despite the Covid-19 crisis, it was revealed yesterday. The Bermuda Hospitals Board said last night that — as long as fathers or ...

The Chief of Staff at the Bermuda Hospitals Board said that the community was the “first line of defence” against Covid-19, as he urged citizens to help stop the spread of the disease. Michael Richmond told The Royal Gazette that a supply of N95 resp...

The Government could build or convert buildings to field hospitals to deal with the Covid-19 crisis if needed, the Ministry of Health has said. A spokeswoman for the health ministry added: “Nothing is being ruled out.” The spokeswoman said that the G...

Health chiefs have admitted they failed to carry out a “reasonable search” for records about incidents that resulted in harm to patients at the island’s general hospital. The Bermuda Hospitals Board initially told The Royal Gazette, in response to a ...

The acting chief executive of Bermuda’s healthcare watchdog set up a company with a top executive from the US-based Lahey Clinic but “immediately terminated” the arrangement because of a potential conflict of interest, it has been revealed. Ricky Bra...

Tawanna Wedderburn, the fired chief executive of the Bermuda Health Council, was the target for much of Ewart Brown’s anger over cuts to fees for medical scans. The former premier named her and two other public servants at a press conference he stage...

The chief executive of the Bermuda Hospitals Board has taken a three-month break on medical grounds. Venetta Symonds has been off work since December 15 and is expected to return on March 18. Michael Richmond, the board’s chief of staff, is acting CE...