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The chairman of Bermuda’s leading cancer care charity is stepping down after more than 21 years in the post. Gavin Arton has been succeeded by Bill Wharton, the head of Argo Insurance, who formally stepped into the role this month. Mr Arton said: “PA...

The Covid-19 pandemic has caused a surge in mental health issues among the young, according to an island charity. Family Centre, which provides counselling services for troubled teenagers, said that it had seen calls increase almost 50 per cent in th...

The Bermuda Health Council has reinstated a mask mandate after a rise in the number of Covid-19 cases. A spokesperson for the BHeC said: “Due to the increase of coronavirus cases, the mask mandate has been reinstated at the Bermuda Health Council sta...

Services at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital are being stretched by “increasing numbers” of Covid-19 patients

Two blood donors have been rewarded for their efforts to help to keep the hospital’s blood bank fully stocked. Janice Richards and Shauna Peyton said that donating blood was “an easy way to help people” and that it could save lives. The pair were win...

One more person has died due to Covid-19 and 28 people are in now hospital, the Government announced last night. “Sadly, we had a coronavirus-related death since our last update,” said Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health. “I extend my heartfelt condo...

The number of employers in breach of health insurance rules have fallen year-on-year after a surge in 2020 caused by Covid-19, according to a recent report by the Bermuda Health Council. The BHeC’s Employers Compliance Annual Report 2021 found that t...

An island-wide survey being carried out to better understand stroke rehabilitation services has been launched. Evolution Healing Centre, a physiotherapy rehabilitation clinic, is now distributing the online survey which can be accessed here. It is ...

Bermuda’s Covid-19 numbers rose from 229 to 258 this week, although no new deaths from the virus were reported. Twelve Covid-19 patients are in hospital, up from five last week, but none are in intensive care. According to a spokeswoman for the Minis...

Westgate inmates complained that they were punished for refusing Covid-19 tests, according to the 2021 Ombudsman's Report. The report, the last by former Ombudsman Victoria Pearman, said the Ombudsman’s Office received several complaints from inmates...