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A drive-by event will be held next week to celebrate a woman’s 107th birthday. Louise Franks, a patient in the King Edward VII Hospital’s long term care unit, will mark the day next Monday. Capri Smith, the unit’s activities supervisor, and her team ...

Health administrators are being forced to drive down costs at the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital in a bid to keep it up and running. The Bermuda Hospitals Board 's top accountant warned that healthcare provision will not be "viable" unless further...

The Bermuda Hospitals Board this morning announced that Christopher Fosker is to be its new director of cancer services. He will take over the post of Director of Oncology from Sein Aung, who has been the department’s head for the last six years. Dr ...

Residents must take action against an “epidemic” of strokes, according to the Bermuda Hospitals Board Stroke Centre. Francene Gayle, BHB consultant neurologist and director of the centre, said the number of stroke cases on the island has increased si...

The access road to the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital will be closed from 6.30pm to midnight. A Bermuda Hospitals Board spokeswoman said that a container truck will arrive at about 6.30pm with replacement beds for the hospital’s General Wing and t...

Industrial washing machines and dryers used by the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital have broken down, but patients have been unaffected, according to the Bermuda Hospitals Board. A board spokeswoman said yesterday that only two of its four washers a...

Firefighters kitted out in protective suits dealt with a hazardous materials spill at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital yesterday. Acting Sergeant Ivan Dyer said that crews responded to a call about a spillage of formalin, a toxic water solution of f...

New medical equipment that doubles the hospital’s oxygen capacity will save lives should Bermuda face a second surge of Covid-19 patients, the hospital’s chief executive said today. Bermuda Hospitals Board switched on its new oxygenator, and thanked ...

BHB today announces that Agape House patients have been temporarily relocated to Curtis Ward in the KEMH General Wing for about a month, while work is undertaken at the Agape House facility. Work will include some basic maintenance and the building w...

Bermuda’s top magistrate called for better mental health treatment options for people with intellectual disabilities after he was forced to hold a mentally challenged man in Westgate because he was kicked out of a group home. Senior magistrate Juan W...

Visiting capability has been increased at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital for acute care patients because of the sustained low prevalence of Covid-19 in Bermuda. Bermuda Hospitals Board announced that visits will be allowed over increased hours fro...

The Ombudsman has logged an increased number of complaints about the island’s prison system. The office dealt with 263 complaints last year, with 55 of them to do with the Department of Corrections — almost five times more than any other body. The Be...