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Cuts could be made to the price of prescription drugs if the Government worked with other countries to negotiate better rates, the health watchdog’s chief executive said yesterday. Ricky Brathwaite, head of the Bermuda Health Council, explained that ...

David Burt has challenged the pressure group Patients 1st to reveal its identity and meet with him over its campaign against proposed changes to the health insurance system. Speaking in the motion to adjourn in the House of Assembly on Friday, the Pr...

Dear Sir, It saddens me to read the report in the paper today (February 10, 2020) quoting Jason Hayward’s comments on the Patients 1st assembly in Queen Elizabeth II Park. It would surprise me to know if the MP — the people’s representative from Pemb...

Hundreds of people gathered in a Hamilton city park yesterday in a protest over a controversial plan to overhaul the health insurance system. Speakers at the event, organised by campaign group Patients 1st, said efforts should be made to improve the ...

Pest problems could lead to a shortage of bananas in the next few weeks. A spokeswoman for the Department of Environment and Natural Resources said yesterday that officials had worked with importers to tackle pest contaminations — and the expensive ...

About $3.6 million has been raised through the introduction of the sugar tax, the Ministry of Health has revealed. Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health, said some of the cash will be earmarked for health-related initiatives. Ms Wilson added: “We contin...

Dear Sir, Robert Stewart’s recent opinion piece was of interest to me for what it did not discuss — no mention of Canada or, for that matter, any other country with a socialised, publicly funded healthcare system. His economic arguments as evidenced...

May I respond to Jan-Ann Martin who critiqued, in The Royal Gazette of January 13, my overlong comments on the proposed government health reforms? First, it is worth noting and recording that Bermuda does come out reasonably well by comparison with o...

Patients 1st is a weekly column where the Bermuda Medical Doctors Association answers your questions about the proposed Bermuda Health Plan 2020 and how it may impact you and your family Some really thought-provoking questions arose this week from t...

Dear Sir, It was interesting to hear that presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg is reported to have stated that medical care for all would bankrupt the United States. He is proposing a system that gives people as much cover as possible. I wonder ...

David Burt, Kim Wilson, Rolfe Commissiong and their sidekicks in the Progressive Labour Party have kicked off an intense interest with their proposals to create socialised medicine in Bermuda in 2020 despite the opposition of virtually all of the med...

Patients 1st is a weekly column where the Bermuda Medical Doctors Association answers your questions about the proposed Bermuda Health Plan 2020 and how it may impact you and your family. It is now over a week since the Government closed its public c...