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The Kiwanis Club of Bermuda has donated $21,000 towards a new incubator that will be used in the Special Care Baby Unit in the Maternity Department of the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital. Christine Virgil, clinical director of Maternal Child, said ...

Extended hours for MRI patients are being offered by Bermuda HealthCare Services while MRI is temporarily unavailable at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital. The extended hours will be available for the next two weeks. “We are here to serve the commu...

The MRI scanner at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital will be out of service for about three weeks. According to a Bermuda Hospitals Board spokeswoman, a “major component” of the scanner needs replacing. “Unfortunately this will result in the MRI sc...

A documentary about the human papillomavirus will next week be premiering on the Island at the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute. “Someone You Love: The HPV Epidemic” reveals the dangers of the virus, which can cause six types of cancer, incl...

Hospital authorities have revealed information about 13 adverse events in the past five years which, in some cases, led to the death or permanent injury of patients. The Bermuda Hospitals Board disclosed the information in response to a public access...

Bermuda’s community needs educating about Alzheimer’s so sufferers can be given adequate support, according to Marie Fay, an occupational therapist for Action on Alzheimer’s & Dementia. Ms Fay said some people end up disappearing from day-to-day soci...

Christmas Day to most of us means presents, festive cheer, pinched waistbands and perhaps a cheeky afternoon nap. However, to people such as Nikeisha Gibbons and Veronica Manderson, December 25 is just another day. Both ladies work at King Edward VII...

An initiative for “educational tourism” has been declared a resounding success by the first student group to sample the Island’s charms. The team of six, from Mercer University in Georgia, called on Bermuda last week to explore the interplay between ...

The Government should prioritise tackling Bermuda’s sky-high obesity rates over curbing its tobacco use, according to former Minister of Health Zane DeSilva. However, the Ministry of Health, Seniors and Environment responded by insisting that it was...

Information about the nutrient value and mercury concentrations in fish is now available via a mobile phone application. BeneFISHiary targets all residents wanting to know more about local and imported species, but it is particularly aimed at empowe...