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The Island’s mentally challenged have all the space they need under the Government’s adult new day programme, according to the official in charge of the Orange Valley Centre. Ten years ago, the centre was temporarily placed in its own wing of the Mid...

An outbreak of drug-resistant bacteria that causes painful skin infections has been traced to a single worker at a particular Pembroke spa. Government last night declined to name the facility, citing privacy reasons, but said the business had been cl...

What would you do to save another person from suffering a terminal illness? It turns out that Shannon Cann would tie a bouncy cord around her ankle and fling herself from a cliff if it meant she could help one more family facing the abyss of Alzheime...

An exhibition highlighting the artistic work of Mid-Atlantic Wellness Institute (MWI) service users starts today. “This exhibition gives people who are often not heard in society a creative voice in a community setting,” said Morrisa Rogers, Clinical...

The Health Department is tracking an outbreak of antibiotic-resistant skin infections on the Island. Chief Medical Officer Cheryl Peek-Ball said a single source for the Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) outbreak has been determined, ...

The Island’s healthcare spending held steady last year, after several years of sharp increases. According to the Bermuda Health Council, Bermudians spent $678.4 million on healthcare — the same as they did in 2011. The organisation’s latest National ...

Alzheimer’s and Dementia: Are you Prepared? As I sat across the table and watched her eyes wander around the room, I thought to myself: “What is she thinking?” As she turned towards me, her eyes stared right through me as though I was not there. Sh...

Plastic surgeon Christopher Johnson plans to sue Bermuda Hospitals Board for more than a million dollars for allegedly reneging on a legal agreement reached earlier this year. And he claims BHB misled taxpayers about the terms of the agreement by cl...

Beresford Swan, a leading physician who founded the Island’s first dialysis centre — and quietly contributed to the education of many local doctors — has died, aged 75. Dr Swan is best known for the kidney treatment unit named after him at King Edwar...

A Bermudian who set her sights on walking 60 miles for cancer research joined thousands for the Susan G Komen three-day walk in Philadelphia. Shari-Lynn Pringle joined countless participants who raised the minimum $2,300 entry requirement for the wal...

Government has yet to live up to a promise to relocate disabled adults out of the temporary accommodation where they were placed ten years ago. Parents whose children are clients at the Orange Valley Centre yesterday described it to The Royal Gazette...