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A $20 million increase in health spending failed to deliver a healthier Bermuda, it was feared yesterday. The 2018 National Health Accounts Report showed the total public and private expenditure neared $723 million in 2016-17. Bermuda was third behin...

Parents were urged to find out the facts when the health minister called on them to ensure their families were vaccinated today. Kim Wilson said misinformation and hearsay meant people had become resistant to life-saving preventive treatment. The Dep...

Almost $9 million worth of contracts covering a four-year period have been handed out by the Bermuda Hospitals Board, it has been revealed. Cleaning and landscape companies, management services and external medical training were all included in the l...

Influenza cases have jumped, the chief of staff at the Bermuda Hospitals Board has confirmed. Michael Richmond, the Chief of Staff and acting chief executive at the BHB, said that the speed and virulence was a concern. He added: “This has not been ...

A total of $1.5 million is to be paid to a professional services firm to help hospitals management to ease bed shortages and cut down on surgery cancellations. The Bermuda Hospitals Board has signed up international company KPMG on a six-month contr...

The Bermuda Hospitals Board in experiencing “a high number of people being admitted with complications from suspected and confirmed flu”. A statement follows: Dr Michael Richmond, Chief of Staff and Acting CEO, comments: “What is most concerning is ...

A Bermudian film-maker hopes her documentary will spark a thorough discussion on marijuana. Juanee Scott said: “It’s definitely, I believe, a conversation that needs to be had.” She added: “My hope is that this is the first of many in a series.” M...

Bermudians who hope to improve their health as part of their new year’s resolutions should focus on achievable goals, said a New York doctor set to speak in Bermuda this month. Paul Lee, medical director for Global Patient Services at NewYork-Presbyt...

The chief executive of the Bermuda Hospitals Board has taken a three-month break on medical grounds. Venetta Symonds has been off work since December 15 and is expected to return on March 18. Michael Richmond, the board’s chief of staff, is acting CE...

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 ...