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The husband of a young mother who had terminal cancer diagnosed days after their son was born won $1.9 million in damages yesterday for medical negligence from the Bermuda Hospitals Board. Chief Justice Narinder Hargun ruled that Kemar Maybury deserv...

A 60-year-old man is suing the Bermuda Hospitals Board for medical negligence after claiming that emergency room staff repeatedly failed to spot a life-threatening illness. Raymond Santucci said staff at a private clinic, Bermuda Healthcare Services,...

Young people are encouraged to apply for a summer student programme at the Bermuda Hospitals Board. The BHB said it wants Bermudians to join its team to help it provide “the highest-quality healthcare through service excellence, education and leaders...

A schoolboy brought festive cheer to long-term hospital patients with home-made cards on Christmas Day. Mason DiVuolo, 7, went to visit seniors in the Cooper Ward at the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital before he opened his presents. Mason, from Pag...

Dear Sir, I write further to the letter sent to me and copied to The Royal Gazette from Margaret Kirk about her cancelled operation. I wrote back to Mrs Kirk on November 29 after her letter was received, but as she shared her story as a Letter to the...

Dear Sir, This is for the attention of Michael Richmond, Chief of Staff at the Bermuda Hospitals Board. On November 13, my hip replacement surgery was cancelled after being held waiting in the hospital for six hours. This was because of an incoming e...

Patients waited on average about 11 hours for a hospital ward bed in October — almost double the time recorded a month earlier. Some were forced to stay in corridors as staff at the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital battled to cope with “sustained in...

Weekday operating hours will be temporarily shortened at the Lamb Foggo Urgent Care Centre starting next week. A spokeswoman for the Bermuda Hospitals Board said that the St David’s medical facility would be open from 6pm to 10pm, instead of 4pm to ...

Dear Sir, It was with some dismay I read the article published on November 28 with the headline “MWI refuses to admit mentally ill man”. While I cannot discuss individual patient details, I feel it is important that the community understands that any...

Bermuda Hospitals Board advises the public of a temporary road closure scheduled for Monday 9 December 2019 on the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital (KEMH) campus. The closure will affect both vehicular and pedestrian through traffic from approximate...

Bermuda Hospitals Board (BHB) has achieved a decision of Accredited with Exemplary Standing, Accreditation Canada’s highest level of accreditation. The decision follows four years of quality and safety improvements, culminating in a weeklong onsite v...

Dear Sir, The following was addressed to Debbie Barboza, asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease nurse educator at the Bermuda Hospitals Board. I have been an asthma sufferer for 75 years, with asthma diagnosed at the age of 5. It has made a...