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An extra 48 new beds arrived at the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital today. Judy Richardson, Chief of Nursing at Bermuda Hospitals Board, said: “When the beds were ordered originally last year, it was part of a life-cycle replacement programme. “How...

People across the island united last night in a massive show of support for essential workers after a social media rallying cry. Vivienne Rochhead, from St George’s, said that the minute-long “clap session” she and friends organised had turned out to...

Fire crews were called to the Mid-Atlantic Wellness Institute in Devonshire this morning. A spokesman for the Bermuda Fire and Rescue Service said the call was received just after 9.50am. He added that three fire engines were sent from the Hamilton s...

Hospital staff today highlighted a safety message as many people work from home or are on quarantine as a result of Covid-19 restrictions. Perioperative staff, who provide surgical services, were pictured holding up messages to the public. The remind...

The health system could be “overwhelmed” if the public fails to follow quarantine and isolation rules, the Bermuda Hospitals Board’s chief of staff warned today. Michael Richmond said that the BHB backed “decisive action” by the Government to limit ...

The Bermuda Hospitals Board suspended all non-emergency surgery yesterday as the health service braces itself for Covid-19. A BHB spokeswoman said the halt will allow time for operating theatre staff to be “upskilled” with extra training in critical-...

The Bermuda Hospitals Board will not appeal a judge’s decision to award $1.9 million in damages for medical negligence to a man whose wife died after her cancerous tumour was missed by an emergency room doctor. However, the publicly funded quango was...

Better services for people with special needs will include treatment in their own homes, MPs heard yesterday. Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health, explained that an additional grant to the Bermuda Hospitals Board of $1.2 million will pay for the devel...

The Bermuda Hospitals Board will complete its annual reports up to 2019 by the end of this year, health minister Kim Wilson told MPs yesterday. Ms Wilson announced BHB’s financial statements for 2015 and 2016 had unqualified audits as she tabled the ...

Problems with two out of three industrial washing machines has cut the Bermuda Hospitals Board’s laundry capacity, as the island braces itself for the possible impact of a potential killer coronavirus. However, a spokeswoman for BHB said a back-up p...

The Lamb Foggo Urgent Care Centre will continue its restricted winter opening hours while hospital staff prepare for a potential outbreak of Covid-19 in Bermuda. The clinic in St David’s had already been forced to continue its winter service for long...

Bermudian businesses have imposed travel restrictions as the worldwide spread of a killer strain of coronavirus continued. A spokesman for HSBC said the bank had “restricted travel to a number of destinations until further notice” as the death toll f...