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Three public town hall meetings to discuss proposed reforms to health benefits are to be held in the coming weeks. Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health, said that healthcare providers, insurers, employees and patients had been sought to “encourage mean...

An asthma prevention charity has offered lessons on how parents and teachers can handle attacks of the disease. Open Airways said it would provide free, one-on-one consultations, with an asthma nurse throughout the new school term. Parents and teache...

Ways to cut the risk of cancer and cardiovascular disease are to be discussed later this month. The Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre said that many diseases were preventable if lifestyle changes were made. Azuree Williams, events and programme manage...

A government backbencher has been sworn in as the temporary health minister. Neville Tyrrell will act in place of Kim Wilson, who is off the island until September. The Warwick South Central MP was sworn in last Wednesday. David Burt, the Premier, sa...

A 29-year-old trainee doctor proved that age was no barrier after he won a three-year medical scholarship. Matthew Sinclair was awarded the JJ Soares Medical Scholarship to help fund his studies at the University of Limerick in Ireland. Mr Sinclair, ...

A major hair show with international experts will be held this weekend. The Bermuda Hair Show, organised by hair and beauty firm Natural Blessings Always and Northshore Medical and Aesthetics Centre, will feature information sessions by island and in...

Plans to switch healthcare coverage under the Bermuda Health Plan will go before the public in town hall meetings set for next month, according to Kim Wilson, the health minister. In a statement, Ms Wilson said the reforms would boost health coverage...

Proposed reforms to health benefits should not be examined to a tight deadline, an insurance industry leader warned. Peter Lozier, the executive vice-president of group insurance at Argus Group, said that “health reform of this magnitude and complexi...

One in three patients at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital is diabetic, research from the Bermuda Hospitals Board has revealed. Now the hospital has stepped up its efforts caring for patients with the disease and launched an education programme to en...

Bermuda’s health watchdog has started the search for its next chief executive. The Bermuda Health Council has invited applications for consideration for the role of chief executive. And the regulatory body is also on the hunt for a health economist....