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October 23, 2013 Dear Sir, I have a grievance to lodge with physicians in Bermuda that use patient sign-up sheets. It seems like an innocuous thing — having to sign in when you go to the doctor. Everyone has to go at one point or another, right? But...

Alarmed at the soaring cost of health insurance premiums, one business has opted to invest in the wellness of its employees. “The cost of healthcare is spiralling out of control in Bermuda,” warned Air Care general manager Robert Platt. Health insura...

Healthcare is expensive and getting more so, according to a report issued last week. According to the national health accounts issued by the Bermuda Health Council, we spend $678 million on healthcare each year. That’s 10.8 percent of gross domestic ...

One family’s fight to save their premature baby’s life a battle that landed them with more than $1 million in medical costs has catapulted into a major fundraising gala to assist other families in need. The $1,000-a-plate ticket for the Diamonds & C...

The community has rallied behind the cause of elderly widow Mrs O, a housebound 98-year-old suffering from dementia and in need of constant care. Two weeks after the Lady Cubitt Compassionate Association (LCCA) stepped forward to collect donations, t...

The hunt for low-cost healthcare has led one campaigner to a UK provider which she believes could treat Bermudians, including the elderly, at a substantially lower cost than in the US. Searching for treatment for Bermuda’s war veterans and their fami...

The great-nephew of Mrs O said yesterday he was in no financial position to help pay for care for his elderly relative and didn’t have room to take her into his own home. Mr S told The Royal Gazette: “I am struggling. I have been to the bank to refin...