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Keith Chiappa, the Bermudian neurologist temporarily posted to chief of staff for the Bermuda Hospitals Board, hopes to see a permanent replacement for the role within a matter of months. “The search needs to be done deliberately and carefully,” said...

Retired nurses have been honoured by the Bermuda Government with a tea party in recognition of their past services. Thirty-five nurses were invited, all of whom had worked with Community Health Nursing services, Lefroy House or the Sylvia Richardson ...

The Bermuda Hospitals Board has pledged to release full details on the salaries and benefits enjoyed by its executive officers this month. The publicly funded quango rejected a public access to information request for the records from The Royal Gazet...

Get your dancing shoes on and join the Department of Health and town crier Ed Christopher for a “dance-walk” through the City of Hamilton tomorrow. Everyone is invited to take part in the event, which aims to combine fun and music with physical activ...

Identified as having one of the highest rates of asthma in the world, Bermuda needs to take action to help and bring down the number of sufferers. Launching World Asthma Day on the steps of City Hall today, Minister of Health Jeanne Atherden said: “...

Asthma charity Open Airways will be hosting events on three days this week to help sufferers learn how to manage their condition. “Do you have an asthma action plan?” is the theme of World Asthma Day, which falls tomorrow and sees Bermuda join about...

Teen Services is to proclaim May as Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month. The charity is inviting the public to a ceremony to mark the launch of a campaign on the subject at its base next to Fort Hamilton on Wednesday, at 12.30pm. It said in a statement: ...

The cost of Bermuda’s basic health premium has been kept unchanged through better healthcare coordination, a reduction in duplicated services and a decrease in utilisation, according to the Bermuda Health Council. And to better manage patient care a...

Health visitors, nutritionists, dietitians and members of the hospital’s maternal and child team took part in a breastfeeding counselling course this month. The training, hosted by the health ministry, is a prerequisite for accreditation of King Edw...

A support group for those affected by heart problems will cease operations after almost two decades. In a final gesture of goodwill, the Cardiac Resource Group donated more than $3,000 of its funds to the Bermuda Hospitals Charitable Trust, the Agape...