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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...

A young mother who died of cancer could have lived if the disease had been spotted earlier, an overseas expert said yesterday. Michael Leitman, the chief of general surgery at Mount Sinai Beth Israel hospital in New York, said that if Latifa Maybury’...

A hospital misdiagnosis was a significant factor in the death of a young mother from cancer six years ago, a lawyer claimed yesterday. Latifa Maybury, who was 30, died in November 2013, six months after she gave birth to her son, Khaleel. Her color...

November is Diabetes and Chronic Lung Disease Awareness month. To help educate the public on risk factors, how to manage the conditions and how to avoid developing them, Bermuda Hospitals Board (BHB) Diabetes, Respiratory, Endocrine and Metabolism (D...

The Ministry of Health in partnership with the Bermuda Hospitals Board recently sponsored an introduction to Mental Health First Aid workshop. BHB offers a Mental Health First Aid Course to provide staff and the public with the resources to help thos...

Housekeepers were reminded that their services leave lasting impressions on visitors and patients at a workshop for union members today. Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, the Minister of Public Works and Acting Minister of Tourism and Transport, welcom...

Dear Sir, Dennis Fagundo makes a number of interesting points and observations in The Royal Gazette of October 17. I think it may be helpful to the community to place these in context. The Bermuda Hospitals Board was informed in November last year t...

Community leaders marked Mental Health Awareness Day with an event on the City Hall steps yesterday. Health minister Kim Wilson, Mid-Atlantic Wellness Institute vice-president of clinical operations Preston Swan and Hamilton mayor Charles Gosling del...

Bermuda Hospitals Board (BHB) today announces the awarding of nine scholarships, worth $155,000, over one or more years. All the scholarships are administered by BHB, with funding for five from Bermuda Hospitals Board ($70,000), three from the Bermud...

The chief executive of the Bermuda Hospitals Board is to retire next year after 40 years in healthcare. Venetta Symonds, 61, is to stand down at the end of July after she handed in her notice two weeks ago. Ms Symonds said: “My contract says I have t...

Bermuda’s second-largest employer has used rainbow flags to celebrate diversity and show its commitment to treating everyone with dignity and respect. The Bermuda Hospitals Board said it supported LGBTQI+ staff and patients and had launched a policy ...