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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...

The Ministry of Health is highlighting Bermuda’s dietitians as part of Nutrition Month. “March is Nutrition Month, and Dietitian’s Day is celebrated by many countries on March 8,” it stated. “Nutrition Month is a fitting time to recognise the dieteti...

Nephrologist Lynnette Thomas will be the guest speaker at Thursday’s “Docs For Dinner” event, hosted by Bermuda Healthcare Services and Brown-Darrell Clinic. Dr Thomas, a former director of nephrology at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, is Bermuda’...

Sports minister Nandi Outerbridge encouraged people to become more active to try to beat major health concerns as she cut the ribbon at a new fitness studio. Performing the official opening at Beyond Lucky, Ms Outerbridge said: “Anything we can do to...

It is important to know your client — and with that in mind, Massachusetts General Hospital decided to pay the island a visit this week to do exactly that. Boston’s biggest branch of Harvard Medical School, which is ranked number three among hospital...

The Lamb Foggo Urgent Care Centre is to reopen next Wednesday. The East End facility was temporarily closed last month for the installation of new vinyl flooring and work on the building. Marshall Minors, vice-president of facilities management and e...

A spike in demand, including “far higher” levels of flu and respiratory illness, is stretching the bed capacity at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital. Problems discharging senior patients have made the situation worse and the facility is using its Gen...