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With more than a third of Alzheimer’s cases potentially preventable, people are being urged to take their health into their own hands. According to Jo-Ann Cousins-Simpson, of The Family Practice, research has shown that exercise can cut the risk of d...

Twelve surgeries had to be postponed in March owing to the bed shortage at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital. The Bermuda Healthcare Advocacy Group expressed its dismay over the impact on patients, with one of its members claiming his own health prob...

Government healthcare premiums are set for a modest drop for “the first time in many years”, health minister Jeanne Atherden has announced. Opening Public Health Week yesterday, Ms Atherden said that the decline in premiums, just over $4, would come ...

Bill Shields has been appointed chief financial officer of the Bermuda Hospitals Board after “an extensive local and international recruitment process”, BHB announced today. Mr Shields’ designation comes at a time of “major challenges” for BHB to rei...

Every single bed in the hospital’s emergency department and the new acute care wing is full, Bermuda Hospitals Board CEO Venetta Symonds announced yesterday afternoon. Ms Symonds said that the BHB was managing the situation “as best as we can”, but a...

Age Concern Bermuda launched a new programme yesterday aimed at improving healthcare access for seniors. More than 80 people took advantage of the free screenings offered at the first of three health check events set for this year. “The initiative re...

An array of bonuses paid by the Bermuda Hospitals Board has been revealed in the House of Assembly for the years 2015 and 2016. The figures included a payout in 2015 of $571,311 to a radiologist, according to Jeanne Atherden, the Minister of Health a...

Twelve new Bermudian emergency medical technicians have been added to the island’s dwindling corps of first responders. The group made history as the first graduating cohort of the pilot programme of a partnership between Bermuda College, the Bermuda...

Local companies are queuing up to take part in the annual Corporate Blood Drive, hoping to be crowned the new blood donor champions. The drive is aimed at helping maintain vital blood supplies for patients at the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital. As...

Delivering her brief, Jeanne Atherden said the focus of the ministry remains with addressing the issue of obesity and diabetes, along with managing the ageing population. Noting the reduction in the grant to the Bermuda Hospitals Board, she described...