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The public was today asked to get back to grass roots and connect with the natural world as part of Mental Health Awareness Week. Kim Wilson, the health minister, said mental health had become more important because of the stress of the Covid-19 pand...

The Bermuda Hospitals Board has cut back the opening hours of the Lamb Foggo Urgent Care Centre to bolster resources at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital. The UCC in St David’s will run from 5pm to 10pm on weekdays for at least two weeks from tomorro...

More health professionals have opted to take the Covid-19 vaccination, Bermuda Hospitals Board Chief of Staff said yesterday. At a press conference this afternoon, Wesley Miller said that 76 per cent of registered and enrolled nurses, including c...

A return to lockdown would only “kick the can down the road” in the battle against Covid-19, the Chief Medical Officer warned last night. Ayo Oyinloye admitted there was evidence from the third wave of coronavirus infections in the spring that “if we...

Recent deaths from Covid-19 have overwhelmed the hospital’s morgue, requiring refrigerated overflow containers to be brought in. R Scott Pearman, the deputy chief executive officer for Bermuda Hospitals Board, said there was a heightened need for co-...

Bermuda needs to tackle child obesity if it wants to curb a surge in demand for dialysis, experts have said. A spokesman for the Bermuda Diabetes Association explained there were about 250 people who had end-stage kidney disease, with the majority on...

The island’s healthcare system could collapse “in the near future” without action, MPs heard yesterday. Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health, told the House of Assembly that the coronavirus pandemic had put strain on the health service and exposed area...

Hospital staff under sustained stress from a fourth wave of coronavirus infections will persevere but cannot be allowed to “max out”, the Bermuda Hospitals Board president warned yesterday. Michael Richmond said that extra staff from overseas would e...

A psychiatric nurse has been deployed to Magistrates’ Court and Hamilton Police Station to help people with mental health problems. Geraldine Smith, a retired nurse, has been signed up for the role in a pilot programme organised by the Mid-Atlantic W...

People with the blood type O positive have been asked to donate. A Bermuda Hospitals Board spokeswoman said: “The Bermuda Blood Donor Centre is currently in need of O positive blood and is requesting members of the public donate where possible.” Dono...

The spike in Covid-19 patients has sparked a move by the Bermuda Hospitals Board to its second-highest alert level, staff were told. A message sent on behalf of executives on Monday added that services were at risk and would be further under threat i...

The chief of staff of Bermuda’s hospitals system warned yesterday the public was running out of time to protect themselves from the worst effects of Covid-19 as a fresh wave of infections swept the island. Wesley Miller, who has the most senior medic...