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Plans to build a replacement hospice have been given the green light by the Development Applications Board. The approval means the hospice can push ahead with construction on its site at Spice Hill Road, Warwick. Environmental groups raised concerns...

A charity dedicated to the fight against cancer is launching its biggest fundraising event of the year with a blitz tomorrow. The Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre will hold its Relay For Life Kick Off event across Hamilton with the support of sponsor...

A doctor said yesterday his Hamilton clinic was "on standby“ to help to meet demand for CT scans after the Bermuda Hospitals Board’s machines broke down. J J Soares, the medical director at Hamilton Medical Centre, offered assistance after the BHB sa...

The loss of the Government’s science adviser and head of its Covid-19 test lab in just 18 days’ time will have no effect on the lab’s performance, the health minister declared yesterday. Kim Wilson said the resignation of Carika Weldon, the executive...

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...

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...

A new Bermudian air ambulance service is to take to the skies next week, it was revealed tonight. Gilbert “Artie” Darrell said that five years’ research had led to Bermuda Air Ambulance Ltd securing an island-based Learjet 55 with a pilot and paramed...

A barbershop with a history of honouring community heroes has this year given its accolade to a doctor. Ricky Spence, of Rickey’s Barber Shop, presented the “Most Outstanding Member of our Bermuda Community 2021 Award” plaque to Kyjuan Brown, the fou...

For the first time in Bermuda’s history, a new clinic is offering ultrasound scans in the comfort of home. The clinic, New Edge Diagnostics, run by sonographer Roché Wolffe, officially opened yesterday at 3 Park Road in Hamilton. Ms Wolffe cut the r...

A doctor has welcomed an interim ruling that allowed his clinic to continue to provide services under the Standard Health Benefit. JJ Soares said the Court of Appeal decision meant that an application for SHB status for Hamilton Medical Centre, where...

Nurses practitioners had their dedication highlighted as part of National Nurse Practitioner Week. The annual week, which honours nurses with advanced training, started on Monday with the theme of “NPs: going the extra mile”. Lunette Castillo a nurs...

A surge in test demand has put staff in the lab leading the fight against Covid-19 under increased pressure. Carika Weldon, who heads Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory in the East End, said on Twitter that staff had worked long hours – and some had al...