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The Progressive Labour Party has pledged to re-evaluate services provided to people struggling with addictions if elected. The announcement by Kim Wilson, Shadow Minister of Health, coincides with the marking of Mental Health Awareness Month in the U...

Bank of Bermuda Foundation has made a $500,000 grant to the Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre’s radiation therapy initiative. The radiation therapy unit is due to open in the next few weeks and will provide treatment for cancer patients as well as sym...

Children with severe, persistent asthma are 30 times more likely to develop chronic respiratory disease in adulthood, according to the Minister of Health. Speaking during the World Asthma Day celebrations, Jeanne Atherden stressed the importance of ...

A new multiyear strategy is being rolled out to coincide with changes in Bermuda’s healthcare needs. The Bermuda Health Strategy and Action Plan is designed “to deliver affordable, sustainable, quality healthcare for all of Bermuda’s residents,” a s...

Haemodialysis prices will drop by $353 per session on June 1, reducing yearly spending by an average of $55,000. It comes as the Ministry of Health seeks to ensure transparency and consistency in healthcare costs by basing more pricing on the relativ...

A quick conversation about organ donation can save lives while reducing healthcare costs for everyone. Speaking at the launch of Organ Donor Week, the health minister Jeanne Atherden urged all residents to take the time to make their wishes known to...

Universal, unique numbers for anyone who touches the health system will be introduced by the Ministry of Health. This Unique Patient Identifier will enable providers to better coordinate care as part of the ministry’s push to improve the island’s “p...

Bermuda Cancer and Health’s plan to bring radiation therapy to the island could help save 100 lives in Bermuda a year, according to clinical oncologist Chris Fosker. Dr Fosker, who has been speaking at a series of public town hall meetings this week,...

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...