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A stroke victim’s once promising recovery is faltering in the absence of comprehensive follow-up services, according to her loved ones. As The Royal Gazette explores healthcare deficiencies for the disabled, one anonymous family have credited the ear...

Hamilton Health Centre and the Annex building on Victoria Street will be closed for fumigation from Friday until Wednesday, August 30, according to the Ministry of Health. There will be limited services and some changes to the location of services fr...

New staff have been approved for the Ministry of Health to address shortages that have worsened under the Bermuda Government hiring freeze. In particular, reinforcements have been earmarked for Ageing and Disability Services, according to Kim Wilson,...

Non-invasive new technologies to help people get toned and in shape are on the rise in Bermuda. Northshore Medical Centre on North Shore Road, Devonshire, has introduced the laser liposuction and freeze sculpting to the island. Neither of these techn...

The mother of a special needs adult has criticised the island’s lack of resources, claiming clients are being neglected. And the woman said the only specialist unit, the K. Margaret Carter Centre, was decades behind international standards and had co...

Recently I had a client mention that things were monotonous and their meal planning was boring. I did not realise that things were getting that way as, aesthetically, most goals were being met. However, I found out later that the plan was not mental...

A campaign to help amputee Shachkeil Burrows buy an artificial leg has raised more than $22,000 in donations in only four days. The “Keeping Shach Involved” GoFundMe page was launched last Thursday night to help the 24-year-old, who lost his leg in a...

Lisa Brewster will be this year’s recipient of the Duperreault Fellowship, an endowment fund that supports the professional development of Bermuda residents working or studying in the field of substance abuse. Her award will fund her studies for a ma...

Profiles on local and international support groups have been listed on the Bermuda Mental Health Foundation website. They include details on groups offering services for mental illness and other types of health-related issues that require support, re...

Bermuda has eliminated mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis — joining just five other countries worldwide to achieve the goal, according to Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health. The transmission of the virus from an HIV-positive mother to h...

There has been a “marked increase” in cases of the sexually transmitted infection gonorrhoea in Bermuda according to the Department of Health. The increase began in June and appears to be growing, the department said, with those affected ranging fro...

Mental health professionals have called for barriers surrounding mental illness to be broken down. And they said the culture of silence around mental health problems needed to end so the subject could be properly discussed and dealt with. “No one tal...