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A top civil servant insisted that Ewart Brown was not being “politically targeted” by a reduction in fees for medical scans in an e-mail sent to a high-ranking colleague. Jennifer Attride-Stirling, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Health, made ...

A hospital staff member was fired after a report into an alleged assault on an elderly patient, according to the Bermuda Hospitals Board. A BHB spokeswoman confirmed that the matter was investigated last year and properly reported. The spokeswoman sa...

The death of a 74-year-old woman involved in a fall at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital has been referred to the coroner. A Bermuda Hospitals Board spokeswoman confirmed that the matter had been sent to the coroner with the intention of determining ...

X-ray service has resumed at an East End hospital, it was announced this afternoon. The Bermuda Hospitals Board said that the service had resumed after repairs had been completed to equipment at the Lamb Foggo Urgent Care Centre in St David’s. Memb...

Every death at the island’s general and psychiatric hospitals is to be scrutinised to check if it was avoidable or unexpected. The new rules at the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital and the Mid-Atlantic Wellness Institute were introduced in an attemp...

The departure of a health watchdog’s chief executive should raise red flags, the shadow health minister said yesterday. Patricia Gordon-Pamplin said that the “removal” of Tawanna Wedderburn from the Bermuda Health Council was done “with no proper ex...

A clinic run by Ewart Brown, a former premier, is to restart hi-tech CT scans almost a year after the plug was pulled on the computerised imaging service. The Brown-Darrell Clinic in Smith’s will bring back the scanning service on Monday. Dr Brown si...

Cans of Del Monte corn have been recalled because of an problem in the sterilisation process that could lead to life-threatening illness. The Ministry of Health issued a warning yesterday and advised anyone who had bought affected tins to return them...

The chief executive of Bermuda’s health watchdog has stepped down, it was announced Friday. The Bermuda Health Council said Tawanna Wedderburn had left the job she had held for three years. The health council added it would announce the appointment o...

From funeral homes to hospital beds, the island’s obesity crisis exacts a growing toll beyond the impact of chronic disease. According to the Bermuda Hospitals Board, a fully equipped bariatric hospital room costs $35,000 more than a standard, with s...