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Student hospital volunteers planning to go to university to pursue careers in health have received a financial boost from the Hospitals Auxiliary of Bermuda. The HAB has presented scholarships to senior candystriper volunteers who are going to univer...

HSBC showed the Bermuda Hospitals Board some “Cup Match magic” in the form of cricket equipment and other goods. The bank’s Cup Match Motorcade drove passed the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital in Paget on Monday to set up special tables, which incl...

Visitation requirements at the hospital have been relaxed after a decline in active Covid-19 cases on the island. Wesley Miller, the Bermuda Hospital’s Board’s chief of staff, said that the board was “pleased” to allow more visitation – but that it s...

The Bermuda Hospitals Board is offering breast ultrasound for people with dense breast tissue in order to track down cancers in their early stages. BHB provided the service to its first patients last week after acquiring an automated breast ultrasoun...

Mental health benefits and services in Bermuda are not on an equal footing as those dealing with physical health, the Ministry of Health has admitted. It was responding after Tania Stafford, a former service user at the Mid-Atlantic Wellness Instit...

A team of medics has been formed to support those with intellectual disabilities and their families at home. The Community Intellectual Disabilities Team consists of nurses and therapists who work together to meet the needs of the clients and their f...

Bermuda has to “address its aversion to immigration” and also find ways to encourage highly educated Bermudians who have emigrated to return, according to economist Craig Simmons. That’s because it has an ageing population which is failing produce e...

The Pathology department at the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital has maintained its special laboratory accreditation. The accreditation through the Joint Commission International is an assessment of patient safety and quality standards. This is Path...

Fifteen more babies were born in 2020 than a year earlier, reversing a trend that began with the financial crisis of 2008. The increase from 525 to 540 registered births does not appear to have been due to a baby boom many predicted when the world w...

Dear Sir, A recent headline on one of Bermuda’s news websites shouted, “Over 850 vaccines discarded since January.” This is unfortunate and maddening as it should rightfully have stated: “Only 850 vaccines discarded since January”. As with the hand...

Janice Hollis (1941-2021) A devoted medical social worker instrumental in founding the hospital’s home care service for seniors has died at 79. Tributes came from across the island’s medical community for Janice Hollis, who retired from Bermuda ...

A three-year collective bargaining agreement has been agreed between the Bermuda Industrial Union and the Bermuda Hospitals Board – that will last for another three months. Now both sides are getting ready for the next round of negotiations for a new...