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Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health, commented this evening on the Bermuda Medical Doctors’ Association’s reservations on proposed healthcare reforms. The group earlier warned that the Bermuda Health Plan could reduce quality of service even as it rei...

A charity tackling one of the island’s most prevalent chronic illnesses has appealed for funding, even as it prepares to open a badly needed new treatment centre in Hamilton. Next week, the Bermuda Diabetes Association celebrates with a roof-wetting ...

The chairwoman of the Bermuda Health Council has resigned for “family and personal professional reasons”. Alicia Stovell-Washington said that she had to return to her profession full time after the death of her colleague, the eye surgeon Leonard Teye...

The former chief executive of the Bermuda Health Council was accused in court yesterday of “throwing as much unsubstantiated mud” as possible and engaging in a media “bloodbath” after she was fired from the government quango. Tawanna Wedderburn, who ...

A veteran nurse with almost 50 years on the healthcare frontline is shocked to find she has no insurance coverage for emergency bone cancer treatment overseas. Eloise Bell, 73, said yesterday: “I’ve worked here for 50 years, paid my insurance for 50 ...

Three public town hall meetings to discuss proposed reforms to health benefits are to be held in the coming weeks. Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health, said that healthcare providers, insurers, employees and patients had been sought to “encourage mean...

An asthma prevention charity has offered lessons on how parents and teachers can handle attacks of the disease. Open Airways said it would provide free, one-on-one consultations, with an asthma nurse throughout the new school term. Parents and teache...

Ways to cut the risk of cancer and cardiovascular disease are to be discussed later this month. The Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre said that many diseases were preventable if lifestyle changes were made. Azuree Williams, events and programme manage...

A government backbencher has been sworn in as the temporary health minister. Neville Tyrrell will act in place of Kim Wilson, who is off the island until September. The Warwick South Central MP was sworn in last Wednesday. David Burt, the Premier, sa...

A 29-year-old trainee doctor proved that age was no barrier after he won a three-year medical scholarship. Matthew Sinclair was awarded the JJ Soares Medical Scholarship to help fund his studies at the University of Limerick in Ireland. Mr Sinclair, ...