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A new medical records system for the island’s hospitals will cost almost $55 million over ten years, it was revealed. The Bermuda Hospitals Board said the cost of the new electronic medical records system, an EMR, expected to be up and running by Sep...

Staffing levels at the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital have been hit by the highly contagious Omicron variant of Covid-19, it was revealed. A spokeswoman for the Bermuda Hospitals Board confirmed that 25 staff were off work after they were infected...

A new system to file and update patient records will be introduced next year, the Bermuda Hospitals Board announced yesterday. The electronic Patient Electronic and Administrative Records Log – Pearl – will give each patient one record, no matter whi...

The contagious new strain of the coronavirus virus could deplete the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital of vital medical staff, the Bermuda Hospitals Board has warned. A spokeswoman for the BHB said the Omicron variant could force staff to take time o...

A shortage of firefighters in the East End has sparked fears about potential gaps in ambulance cover for the area. George Dowling III, the Mayor of St George, said that reports about fire station staffing problems — and the potential impact on its am...

Two people are in hospital with Covid-19 as cases of the Omicron variant continued to surge, the Government announced yesterday afternoon. A spokeswoman said that 97 cases of the virus were recorded after tests carried out from Sunday to Tuesday cam...

The heartbroken parents of Osagi Bascome tonight paid tribute to their murdered son who died after being stabbed on Saturday. Carla and Herbie Bascome said that “fearless” was the first word that came to mind at the thought of their son. “He was love...

The island’s healthcare system is braced to manage another wave of Covid-19 cases as the Omicron variant continued its spread, the Chief Medical Officer said yesterday. Ayo Oyinloye added that the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital had restocked its s...

David Burt instructed a senior civil servant to ensure Ewart Brown was compensated for financial losses at his two clinics after the One Bermuda Alliance government slashed fees for medical scans. The Premier sent the letter to the permanent secretar...

King Edward VII Memorial Hospital is bathed in green light this month to raise awareness of mental health issues. Preston Swan, the acting chief operating officer and vice-president of clinical operations at the Mid-Atlantic Wellness Institute, forma...

A man is in hospital with gunshot wounds after an early morning shooting yesterday. But the 27-year-old’s injuries were not thought to be life-threatening. A resident in the area of Court and Dundonald Streets in Hamilton said he heard “a quick repe...

The health minister tonight renewed her appeal for people to sign up for coronavirus vaccine booster vaccinations. Kim Wilson was speaking after health officials recorded one new case out of the latest 2,974 test results. The infection came in from o...