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A 27-year-old mechanic is facing a hospital bill of more than $300,000 after falling ill on vacation in the United States. Two weeks ago, Dandre Outerbridge, who works for Correia Construction, developed symptoms of viral encephalitis, a form of meni...

The “Docs for Dinner” event which was originally scheduled for October 31, 2019, has been rescheduled and will now be held on Thursday, December 19, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. at Café Lido. Cocktails will be served at 6:30 p.m. Speaker for the event, Dr. Pa...

Changes to the healthcare insurance system will go ahead, despite a call from the Opposition to put the plans on hold, the Government said yesterday. The Government added it would not extend the consultation period on the changes — which ended on Sun...

A professional services firm has been recruited to help deliver a joint vision for a healthier Bermuda, the Government announced last night. KMPG will provide project management as the island’s “health strategy” is updated. It came as public consulta...

Bermuda has to do more to improve accessibility for disabled people, the health minister has said. Kim Wilson said technology had made improvements to the lives of disabled people, but accessibility remained a problem. She said: “Over the years, adva...

A chief executive “mercilessly fired” from a key role at the Bermuda Health Council has been appointed to a top job at the island’s psychiatric hospital. Tawanna Wedderburn will become clinical director of mental health services at the Mid-Atlantic W...

Bermuda Hospitals Board (BHB) has achieved a decision of Accredited with Exemplary Standing, Accreditation Canada’s highest level of accreditation. The decision follows four years of quality and safety improvements, culminating in a weeklong onsite v...

A warning was issued yesterday over romaine lettuce after an E. coli outbreak in the United States. The Department of Health said anyone who has recently bought romaine lettuce originating from the area of Salinas, California, should discard it immed...

Almost 3,000 people have signed a petition to demand that controversial proposals to change the way health insurance is funded are scrapped. The petition against the Bermuda Health Plan was set up just after a public forum that called for the propose...

The maximum allowed waiting time for routine medical imaging services has doubled from three weeks to six weeks at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital because of funding changes, The Royal Gazette can reveal. New imaging services triage guidelines said...