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A female visitor was yesterday in a serious condition in the hospital’s intensive care unit after running into difficulties while swimming. According to a police spokesman, first responders attended a report of a near drowning of a 71-year-old woman...

A scientist suffering from extreme seasickness was rushed back to Bermuda on Sunday night so she could be treated at hospital. The 30-year-old woman was on the research vessel Atlantic Explorer when she fell ill, forcing the ship to return to St Geor...

As a teenager, he had to give up his university career due to illness — but now Adrian Warner is finally packing his bags and ready to resume studying once again. A sufferer of sickle-cell anaemia, Mr Warner’s studies in Canada were cut short by a “s...

Each patient’s hospital stay has decreased by an average of one day in the 12 months since the Acute Care Wing opened, Chief of Staff Michael Weitekamp revealed yesterday. The shortened stays mean patients are less likely to suffer effects such as de...

Chyone Harris fell 25 feet from a balcony on to a pile of rocks and his chances of walking again looked slim. The 22-year-old aspiring dancer broke his spine and his neck in two places in the accident last April, and doctors were initially unsure whe...

Bermuda Hospitals Board has unveiled a new machine to vastly improve its service for sickle-cell patients. The Spectra Optia therapeutic apheresis machine, which extracts and filters blood, was bought with financial help from the Bermuda Sickle Cell ...

Work to replace a sewage plant at the Mid-Atlantic Wellness Institute is under way and area residents are looking forward to breathing fresh air this autumn. Neighbours of the Devonshire facility have complained for several years about a “terrible s...

After more than a decade of studying abroad and with a handful of degrees under her belt, Amne Osseyran is looking forward to starting work at home. The new Island doctor had already notched up a master’s degree in forensic medicine and three other ...

The public has been invited to enjoy live entertainment at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital tomorrow. Dialysis nurse Hugh Murray will be donating his time and talent to cheer staff, patients and the public in the run-up to Labour Day. The Bermuda ...

Senior Magistrate Juan Wolffe is prepared to join lobbying efforts to put pressure on legislators when it comes to updating Bermuda’s laws dealing with mental health. Mr Wolffe spoke candidly with The Royal Gazette on the introduction of restorative ...

Mi DeSilva and her team of dedicated volunteers run the gift shop in the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital. Together they have worked incredibly hard to relocate the store to the new acute care wing and continue to make the venture a success. But ...

A collision between a car and a motorcycle in the early hours of this morning resulted in two young women being taken to hospital. Police responded to the road traffic collision, which took place on Malabar Road, near the entrance to Lefroy House, i...