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A health watchdog has warned that checks being carried out on “high risk” medical equipment in Bermuda are inadequate and do not guarantee public safety. Ricky Brathwaite, programme manager for health economics at Bermuda Health Council, likened a pr...

A Bermuda College course launched in 2012 to address a shortage of nurses on the island has yet to produce a single qualified nurse. Seventeen students have so far graduated from the college’s Nursing Pathways Programme with an Associate Degree in Sc...

The Bermuda Hospitals Board has pledged to release full details on the salaries and benefits enjoyed by its executive officers this month. The publicly funded quango rejected a public access to information request for the records from The Royal Gazet...

Hospital authorities have revealed information about 13 adverse events in the past five years which, in some cases, led to the death or permanent injury of patients. The Bermuda Hospitals Board disclosed the information in response to a public access...

Hospital authorities are being urged to let fathers stay overnight with their partners on KEMH’s maternity ward before and after their babies are born. A new pilot programme lets dads and other partners stay to give support to mothers after their new...

A new pilot scheme allowing fathers to stay overnight at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital after their babies are born will benefit only those who can afford or are allotted a private room. Guidelines were quietly rolled out last month which allow ne...

Bermuda Hospitals Board has gone public on its use of a contrast dye which is being investigated in the United States for potential harmful effects. The board, which recently apologised and paid compensation to widower Allan DeSilva for administering...

Althea Overbey thought she had experienced a miracle after surviving risky surgery to remove a brain tumour just a few months after her son was born in 1985. Now, 30 years later, she is convinced she has benefited from another divine intervention. Ms...

A life-saving drug used to reverse heroin overdoses can now be administered by all emergency medical technicians in Bermuda without a doctor’s approval after hospital chiefs acted on a coroner’s recommendation. Bermuda Hospitals Board has changed its...

A legal battle between Bermuda Hospitals Board and a patient who suffered an agonising wait for surgery has attracted the attention of lawyers for Britain’s national health service. The NHS Litigation Authority has applied to intervene in the case in...