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An insurance company has pledged to make sure a speech-impaired toddler gets the medical help she needs — after the child’s mother was made redundant twice in the past year. Single mother Alvina Brangman had begun fundraising to ensure her two-year-o...

Local physicians are “overwhelmingly” opposed to a health plan imposed by Government to rein in unnecessary and expensive diagnostic testing. The initiative, known as pre-certification, will force doctors to consult with insurance companies or other ...

Two dentists have had their “extraordinary” and lengthy legal battles with the Bermuda Dental Board highlighted in an international report — and it doesn’t cast the Island in a favourable light, according to one of them. James Fay, of Paget Dental Gr...

Government is considering rules which would require precertification before medical diagnostic procedures are performed in an effort to reduce unnecessary tests. Health Minister Patricia Gordon-Pamplin said Government was currently in the consultatio...

Public Safety Minister Michael Dunkley said he is prepared to begin a “meaningful discussion” on the decriminalisation of marijuana. Opposition Leader Marc Bean and Attorney General Mark Pettingill are among those who have called for a mature public ...

A recipient of the Bermuda Hospitals Board (BHB) scholarship who is studying speech therapy said working at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital has given her a greater appreciation of life. Britanni Fubler, 24, received $20,000 from the BHB to continue...

Six-year-old Leighnae Lowe could return to school as early as October By Ceola Wilson Moments before six-year-old Leighnae Lowe was due to undergo eye surgery to correct muscle restriction, the surgeon postponed the operation. He quickly realised th...