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A patients’ group says the tragic case of young mother Latifa Maybury, who died from cancer after the disease went undetected throughout her pregnancy, gives “cause for serious concern” about some of the processes used by King Edward VII Memorial Hos...

An American oncologist hired two years ago to lead Bermuda Hospitals Board’s cancer services is to exit the Island in September and is currently on sick leave, leaving only part-time doctors to cover his absence. The departure of Paul Coty from King ...

A group of parents claim they are being prevented from having home births because of Bermuda Medical Council’s misinterpretation of a 65-year-old law. The parents issued a press statement yesterday claiming they’d had the “rug pulled out from under t...

Bermudians are often heard rejoicing at heavy rainfall and the “good tank rain” it delivers. But a top overseas scientist has warned the Island’s residents that each time the clouds open, dangerous bacteria is being washed into their tanks straight f...

A shortage of vital children’s vaccines has hit the Island — for the second time in nine months. Paediatricians are telling patients they are out of supplies of a number of different jabs for infants, including those that prevent meningitis, chickenp...

An insurance company has pledged to make sure a speech-impaired toddler gets the medical help she needs — after the child’s mother was made redundant twice in the past year. Single mother Alvina Brangman had begun fundraising to ensure her two-year-o...

Naimah Frith may not be the only sufferer of Marfan syndrome in Bermuda — but she believes she is one of just a handful. The 17-year-old was diagnosed with the life-threatening and rare disorder aged just two and has since had to grapple with a serie...

A mother-of-three in desperate need of an operation to help her eat again says she can’t afford the surgery. Wanda Pedro claims she is fighting for her life after being diagnosed with a broken bone in her skull, caused by a car accident five years a...