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The Ministry of Health has called on the public to help develop the Bermuda Health Strategy 2020-2025 through an online survey. Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health, said the survey would help the Government build its strategy for the next five years. ...

Young people are encouraged to apply for a summer student programme at the Bermuda Hospitals Board. The BHB said it wants Bermudians to join its team to help it provide “the highest-quality healthcare through service excellence, education and leaders...

Work to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis means Bermuda held its place among a small group of countries to be internationally recognised for the achievement. The Ministry of Health revealed today that the island was revalidat...

Patients waited on average about 11 hours for a hospital ward bed in October — almost double the time recorded a month earlier. Some were forced to stay in corridors as staff at the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital battled to cope with “sustained in...

Weekday operating hours will be temporarily shortened at the Lamb Foggo Urgent Care Centre starting next week. A spokeswoman for the Bermuda Hospitals Board said that the St David’s medical facility would be open from 6pm to 10pm, instead of 4pm to ...

A 27-year-old mechanic is facing a hospital bill of more than $300,000 after falling ill on vacation in the United States. Two weeks ago, Dandre Outerbridge, who works for Correia Construction, developed symptoms of viral encephalitis, a form of meni...

The “Docs for Dinner” event which was originally scheduled for October 31, 2019, has been rescheduled and will now be held on Thursday, December 19, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. at Café Lido. Cocktails will be served at 6:30 p.m. Speaker for the event, Dr. Pa...

Changes to the healthcare insurance system will go ahead, despite a call from the Opposition to put the plans on hold, the Government said yesterday. The Government added it would not extend the consultation period on the changes — which ended on Sun...

A professional services firm has been recruited to help deliver a joint vision for a healthier Bermuda, the Government announced last night. KMPG will provide project management as the island’s “health strategy” is updated. It came as public consulta...

Bermuda has to do more to improve accessibility for disabled people, the health minister has said. Kim Wilson said technology had made improvements to the lives of disabled people, but accessibility remained a problem. She said: “Over the years, adva...