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The Opposition yesterday raised a red flag over the low number of healthcare staff who have had the Covid-19 vaccine. Michael Dunkley, the One Bermuda Alliance’s shadow health minister, said he was concerned after The Royal Gazette revealed that onl...

A law firm has donated $25,000 to help fund the Bermuda Hospitals Board’s vaccination programme. The money was presented to the board’s charitable foundation this week by Appleby and will be used to pay for staff salaries and administrative costs. Th...

A fundraising campaign for a Covid-19 vaccination programme has received a welcome shot in the arm thanks to the fundraising efforts of a local insurance company. Coralisle Group Insurance has $25,000 to the Bermuda Hospital Board Charitable Foundati...

“Valid questions” and “understandable concerns” may account for why half the nurses and more than a quarter of the doctors employed by Bermuda Hospitals Board have yet to be vaccinated against Covid-19, according to hospital chiefs. Dr Wesley Miller...

None of the 40 Covid-19 patients currently in hospital received a vaccine against the condition before they became ill. Currently, 34 patients suffering from the virus are on two wards at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital – with a further six patient...

The surge in Covid-19 cases has caused delays at the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, according to the deputy chief of emergency. Roslyn Bascombe-Adams, said the emergency department had seen 150 “known or newly confirmed“ Covid-19 patients in the ...

Hospital services could be “tested” if the island was hit by another surge in Covid-19 cases, according to a senior doctor. Wesley Miller, the Bermuda Hospitals Board’s Chief of Staff, called for everyone to get vaccinated in order to take pressure o...

Senior managers at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital say they are prepared for a surge in Covid-19 cases - after 18 patients were admitted over the weekend. And the Bermuda Hospitals Board last night urged families to “take their loved ones home for...

The Bermuda Hospitals Board has been swamped by medical waste in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. But it insists the build-up of debris does not pose a health hazard. BHB operates two macerators at the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, which handl...

A string of surgeries have been called off over the past year because of a shortage of beds at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital. Fifty-four elective procedures had to be postponed from April 2020 through this month, some shortly before they were sch...

A total of three new coronavirus infections were recorded yesterday, the health ministry said last night. One was a returned resident on the American Airlines flight from Miami last Tuesday and who tested positive on their Day 8 test. The others were...

A suspect has been arrested in connection with a hit and run that left a 31-year-old woman with serious injuries. A police spokesman thanked the public for their help locating the suspect in the collision, which happened at the junction of Bishop Sp...