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A top civil servant insisted that Ewart Brown was not being “politically targeted” by a reduction in fees for medical scans in an e-mail sent to a high-ranking colleague. Jennifer Attride-Stirling, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Health, made ...

Every death at the island’s general and psychiatric hospitals is to be scrutinised to check if it was avoidable or unexpected. The new rules at the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital and the Mid-Atlantic Wellness Institute were introduced in an attemp...

Midwifery in Bermuda could be line for an overhaul — just as a new book is published calling for more choice in childbirth on the island. The Ministry of Health told The Royal Gazette it was “actively engaging” with Bermudian and overseas midwives to...

A doctor from one of the world’s leading universities has discovered a gene mutation in a Bermudian mother and daughter that could help to find a cure for a potential killer disease. The two women both suffer from lupus, which attacks the immune syst...

Former health minister Jeanne Atherden has accused David Burt and Kim Wilson of lying to justify to taxpayers a $1.2 million public purse payout to Ewart Brown. The Opposition backbencher told The Royal Gazette that Mr Burt, the Premier and Minister ...

The Bermuda Health Council has refused to reveal the advice it gave former health minister Jeanne Atherden before the One Bermuda Alliance government decided to slash fees for scans last year. Tawanna Wedderburn, the health council’s chief executive ...

A doctor who joined forces with former premier Ewart Brown to threaten legal action against the Government over a cut in medical scan fees is to open a new clinic to provide MRI and CT imaging. JJ Soares warned last year that plans for the walk-in ce...

The island’s general hospital logged 430 incidents that resulted in harm to patients over less than five years, Bermuda Hospitals Board statistics have revealed. Of those, 28 fell into the three most serious categories of harm — 14 patients died unex...

Alesha Page’s parents insist that her first word, as a toddler, was “doctor”. So although the 26-year-old cannot pinpoint exactly what first inspired her to pursue a career in medicine, no one in her family was too surprised when she did. “I always k...

Contentious legislation aimed at regulating private healthcare providers and the equipment they use is due to be retabled in Parliament in November but some doctors fear they still won’t be happy with the reworked Bill. The Royal Gazette understands ...