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A cultural and policy shift is needed to cut unsustainable healthcare costs, the Bermuda Health Council said yesterday. The watchdog warned that the healthcare system had reached “breaking point” with spending topping $704.1 million between April 1, ...

Employers need to do more to tackle Bermuda’s obesity and diabetes epidemic, a healthcare expert has said. David Kendell, Director of the Department of Health, suggested steps for employers to help reverse the trend at a presentation. He said: “Deve...

The Argus Group and BF&M Limited have made a joint donation of $100,000 to the Bermuda Diabetes Association. Each company will contribute $50,000 towards the development of a new, larger facility at the BDA’s new location at 22 Princess Street. The i...

Bermuda Hospitals Board today announces a new recognition programme for its highly valued regular blood and apheresis* donors. From 14 February 2018, when someone passes a landmark blood or apheresis donation of 10, 20, 50, 75 and 100 donations, they...

The Bermuda Government may roll back steep cuts made to medical imaging fees which were blamed last month for the closure of a private scanning clinic. However, last night the Opposition hit back at claims that the One Bermuda Alliance administration...

More supervised community treatment could provide much needed aftercare for patients with mental health problems, a support group founder said yesterday. Mental health advocate Chelsea Nicholson said community treatment orders would help patients who...

Ten Bermudian civil servants have been trained to safely ship potential health hazards overseas for testing. The two-day training session was run by the Caribbean Public Health Agency for officials from the Department of Health, the Bermuda Hospitals...

Doctors from a top US hospital have helped island practitioners to keep up with the latest developments in heart and kidney treatment. The team from New York-Presbyterian Hospital held a seminar organised by the Bermuda Heart Foundation and sponsored...

A family doctor has called for more resources for health programmes to help tackle the island’s chronic illness problems. Caren Griffith-Fadlin, who has seen the difference similar programmes had on her patients, said more focus in this area would re...

For the past two years, brave Brennan Watkins has spent almost as much time in hospitals battling a rare form of leukaemia as he has in school. The five-year-old has completed 21 of 26 months of chemotherapy treatment since his diagnosis in April 201...