Log In

Air arrivals are to be screened at the airport as a killer virus from China continued to spread, it was announced yesterday. The screening will include questions on areas travelled through in the previous 21 days and if the arrival had suffered any s...

About $3.6 million has been raised through the introduction of the sugar tax, the Ministry of Health has revealed. Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health, said some of the cash will be earmarked for health-related initiatives. Ms Wilson added: “We contin...

Today the Minister of Health the Hon. Kim Wilson met with Dr. David Charles Benton, Chief Executive Officer of the National Council State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN). Dr. Benton is on-island to assist the Bermuda Nursing and Midwifery Council (BNMC) ...

Minister of Health the Hon Kim Wilson JP MP announced an extension to the deadline for the public to complete the Bermuda Health Strategy: Public Survey at www.forum.gov.bm as part of the community consultation to set Bermuda’s vision and strategy fo...

A Bermudian forensic scientist who helped crack the case of one of Canada’s worst serial killers will discuss her career at a public meeting tonight. Desiree Spriggs, whose expertise has also been used in Bermuda court cases, will detail her job at a...

People were warned to avoid the hospital’s emergency room unless it was a genuine health crisis as the island prepared itself for potential cases of a killer virus. Michael Ashton, the Bermuda Hospitals Board chief of medicine and infectious disease...

A client just back from vacation was at a grocery store where the cashier commented on her size. “Wow, what happened to you? You put on weight!” This week, I had a comment directed at me: “You’ve been eating well! You sure look good in your dress!” ...

A new MRI scanner at a soon-to-open health clinic will be an asset to the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, the centre’s medical director said yesterday. JJ Soares explained: “We see our new MRI as a way to support the hospital, particularly during...

Legal action to keep the six-figure salaries of its top executives a secret has been launched by the Bermuda Hospitals Board. The board, which will receive almost $146 million in public funds this financial year, said it could not comment on how much...

Bermuda braced itself yesterday for a potential public health emergency over a killer virus. The Ministry of Health said it had raised the threat level from the coronavirus from “guarded” to “elevated” and that its epidemiology and surveillance unit ...

College students are to be targeted by the island’s blood bank in an attempt to boost the number of young donors. Lucy Correia, a nurse phlebotomist at the Bermuda Blood Donor Centre, said an ageing population had sparked the appeal. She explained: “...

The husband of a young mother who had terminal cancer diagnosed days after their son was born won $1.9 million in damages yesterday for medical negligence from the Bermuda Hospitals Board. Chief Justice Narinder Hargun ruled that Kemar Maybury deserv...