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The Bermuda Hospitals Charitable Trust (BHCT) yesterday received a $250,000 donation courtesy of KPMG. A spokesman said the donation will be used to help fund the $247 million redevelopment of King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, and turn the hospital ...

The Lamb Foggo Urgent Care Centre in St George’s has seen its services cut back. The Bermuda Hospitals Board described the reduction as part of “ongoing cost-containment measures”. The clinic will no longer offer a weekday walk-in service from 8am to...

A heavily-criticised company set up by Bermuda Hospitals Board to go into business with private partners could be dissolved in the near future. Healthcare Partners Ltd (HPL) has been mired in controversy since it was launched several years ago as an ...

A consultant commissioned by the Bermuda Hospitals Board to compile a report on how healthcare on the Island can be improved was told a catalogue of hospital horror stories at a public meeting last night. Patient pressure organisation the Bermuda Hea...

Writing a jingle promoting the importance of the new hospital wing was no sweat for Kaelyn Kastle. The 17-year-old was familiar with the facility she’d been a patient at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital and had worked there as a volunteer. So when s...

Patient satisfaction is rising consistently, announced the Bermuda Hospitals Board, with the release of its latest annual survey. Approval of Emergency Room services rose from 66.4 percent in 2009 to last year’s 93.2 percent. Inpatient units got 92.7...

David Thompson is to serve as temporary chief financial officer for Bermuda Hospitals Board. Mr Thompson comes from PricewaterhouseCoopers to fill the post after Delia Basden was placed on administrative leave. Ms Basden was suspended on full pay as ...

Eight positions will be made redundant by Bermuda Hospitals Board before the end of this month. The move brings the total number of jobs axed by BHB to nine for the present fiscal year. Since some staff are expected to be redeployed, the exact number...

A $2,000 court ruling over a ruptured appendix will cost the Bermuda Hospitals Board more than $80,000 after they were ordered to pay the complainant’s legal bill. Kamal Williams had sued the BHB for pain, suffering and lasting injuries caused after ...