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Plans to move a quadriplegic out of a hospital ward that he has called home for 40 years to a facility for people in wheelchairs has hit a $6,000 stumbling block. And the charity that hopes to take over the care of Luke Caines after his ordeal at the...

Questions have been raised as to why health chiefs allowed Luke Caines to remain at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital’s Continuing Care Unit for almost 40 years — and why they have now agreed that he be given a new home at Summerhaven. Born premature...

A quadriplegic who has spent a nightmare 40 years “incarcerated” on a hospital ward for elderly dementia patients could be moving to a new home. Health chiefs have finally agreed to allow Luke Caines to move out of King Edward VII Memorial Hospital’s...

A surgical first for Bermuda could help a hospital patient paralysed from the neck down breathe on his own. And that means the young man — who has been in the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital for several years after an accident and can only breathe ...

If you haven’t yet taken a peek at KEMH’s new acute wing, do yourself a favour and do so the first chance you get. Click here to see picture. Its modern architecture, and beautiful colours, are something to behold. Assuming that the exterior is re...

More space, personal entertainment centres and greater privacy is on the cards for patients who use the dialysis unit in the new acute care wing at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital. The Royal Gazette recently toured the new wing with Dean Parris, Ma...

A large loveable grey elephant is making it easier for our only hospital, to get messages to young children (and even adults!). Dr Eddie is the mascot of the Bermuda Hospitals Board (BHB) and together with summer interns Tahdae Tucker and Kara Boyle...

A patients’ group says the tragic case of young mother Latifa Maybury, who died from cancer after the disease went undetected throughout her pregnancy, gives “cause for serious concern” about some of the processes used by King Edward VII Memorial Hos...

Bad driving habits leading to ‘carnage’ on the roads has prompted police to issue a warning to motorists. To date this year, Bermuda has seen 343 collisions involving injury — 61 of them serious, according to Inspector Robert Cardwell of the Roads Po...

KEMH emergency room chief warns the public about the dangers of alcohol before Cup Match By Leanne McGrath Emergency room medics are treating people for excessive drinking “nearly every day” in Bermuda. Dr Edward Schultz, who has been chief of the E...