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My feature this week could well be called a ‘double-header’ — plus one. We begin with the 154th anniversary of Somerset Methodist Church, followed by the birthday celebrations of noted music teacher Olivette Burch Morris. My column concludes with th...

Bermuda Hospitals Board has gone public on its use of a contrast dye which is being investigated in the United States for potential harmful effects. The board, which recently apologised and paid compensation to widower Allan DeSilva for administering...

Susan Thomas feared being stigmatised when she publicly revealed she had a depressive illness. David is sharing his story anonymously today, because he worries he might be judged. Mrs Thomas was flooded with messages from people who said they had si...

David didn’t understand why people were looking at him like something wasn’t right. He was speaking clearly but they didn’t get what he was saying. He was full of energy; they all seemed so slow. The penny didn’t drop until he was taken away by ambul...

The Island’s one cancer patient receiving the chemotherapy drug eribulin is now assured a regular supply after a series of unnerving delays. However, the reasons behind her uneven treatment raise further questions for Renée Carter, who is living with...

Bermuda Hospitals Board has apologised and paid compensation to a widower whose late wife was given a substance which was the subject of public health warnings and may have contributed to her death. Allan DeSilva has battled BHB for three years to ge...

A former Bermuda health worker who was struck down with Ebola early last year has been readmitted to hospital in a serious condition due to an “unusual late complication”, according to a Sky News report. Scottish nurse Pauline Cafferkey had seemingly...

A life-saving drug used to reverse heroin overdoses can now be administered by all emergency medical technicians in Bermuda without a doctor’s approval after hospital chiefs acted on a coroner’s recommendation. Bermuda Hospitals Board has changed its...

A legal battle between Bermuda Hospitals Board and a patient who suffered an agonising wait for surgery has attracted the attention of lawyers for Britain’s national health service. The NHS Litigation Authority has applied to intervene in the case in...

Mental Health Awareness Week was launched yesterday with the theme of dignity. Patricia Gordon-Pamplin, the acting health minister, addressed an audience at the Mid-Atlantic Wellness Institute and highlighted the need to “consider the humanity in peo...

The windy weekend blew in an extra surprise for expecting parents Dmitry Ledyaev and Sabrina Chasseriauds. Their son and first child, Roman Louis Dmitrievich Ledyaev, was born right as Hurricane Joaquin was edging past and battering the Island. Roman...

Staff responsible for distributing supplies at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital took part in unplanned industrial action this week, according to the Bermuda Hospitals Board. A BHB spokeswoman said the Materials Handling Department participated in t...