Health

Johns Hopkins Selected as Preferred Bidder for BHB Clinical Affiliate Agreement

Bermuda Hospitals Board (BHB) announced today that Johns Hopkins Medicine International has been selected as the preferred bidder for a Clinical Affiliate Agreement (CAA). The CAA aims to partner BHB with a high quality health provider to help improve services and support education. Six US health care organizations responded to a Request for Proposal, and Johns Hopkins was chosen after......Read More
Free ‘Fitness in the Parks’ Kicks Off 20th August

The Department of Health is encouraging the public’s participation when it hosts its ‘Fitness in the Parks’ initiative, which kicks off on 20th August. The Department has partnered with local gyms to host this series of free lunch time exercise classes to be offered Monday – Friday from 12:30 – 1:15 PM through 14th September, 2018. Classes will be held......Read More
Article Published on ‘Bermudian’s Hand Saved at Mass General’

Learn more about the International Patient Center The following article was recently published on Mass General's website on Bermudian David Scraders, who travelled to the US facility for "complex hand surgery in the hospital’s Plastic and Orthopaedic Hand Surgery Services, with care coordination by the International Patient Center". ♦ The Full Article Published States: Scraders grew up in Bermuda, an......Read More
BHB Public Advisory on Lamb Foggo Urgent Care Centre Cup Match Holiday Hours

The Bermuda Hospitals Board (BHB) wishes the public a happy and safe holiday weekend, however if urgent medical care is required the Lamb Foggo Urgent Care Centre (UCC) in St David’s will be open from 4pm to midnight on Thursday and Friday and from noon to midnight on Saturday and Sunday. A BHB spokesperson said: "Please note that if......Read More
Health Department Update on Ciguatera Fish Poisoning

The Ministry of Health and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) wish to provide an update on the most recent outbreak of Ciguatera Fish Poisoning (CFP) and the types of fish involved, and remind members of the public about the key facts of CFP. Between 29th June and 17th July, the Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit of the Ministry......Read More
Health Minister: A Year in Review Under Progressive Labour Party Government

Citing new legislation to introduce a Sugar Tax as her Ministry's "most recent accomplishment", Health Minister Kim Wilson updated her parliamentary colleagues on the Ministry's "achievements" during the first year of the Progressive Labour Party Government. In follow up to a number of 2017 Throne Speech initiatives, she said "the new regime to increase duty on sugar, candies and......Read More
New Oncologist Joins Bermuda Hospitals Board Oncology Team

Dr Christopher Price has joined Bermuda Hospital Board’s (BHB) oncology team as a consultant medical oncologist, bringing to three the number of fulltime oncologists on staff (Chief Oncology, Dr Sein Aung and Consultant Oncologist Dr Christopher Fosker). Dr Price comes to BHB from Worcestershire Royal Hospital in the UK. He achieved his Bachelor of Science in Medical Science with Pharmacology......Read More
Argus Group Restructures Balance Sheet to Position For Future Growth After $18.6 Million in Net Losses

Against a backdrop of market uncertainty caused by global change and a low growth Bermuda economy, the Argus Group reported an $18.6 million net loss attributable to shareholders. According to the statement released on Friday: "This was caused by a large number of major medical claims and actions taken to complete the restructure of the Group’s balance sheet." Alison Hill,......Read More
ECP Programme Saves Close to $105,000 in Hospital Admissions Avoided

More than 200 participants have enrolled in a pilot programme that targets people with chronic non-communicable diseases like diabetes, asthma/COPD, obesity, cardiovascular disease, and hypertension. The update on the Enhanced Care Pilot, which has been running since February 2017, was included in the Ministerial Statement by Health Minister Kim Wilson, who said 88 participants have completed a full year......Read More
House: Health Minister on Soaring Health Care Costs in Bermuda

[caption id="attachment_6055" align="alignleft" width="421"] Kim Wilson, Minister of Health[/caption] Health insurance premiums have spiked to the point where some residents will end up paying an additional $100 a month. That was the downside of the Ministerial Statement delivered in the House of Assembly on Friday, when Health Minister Kim Wilson told MPs that insurance premiums have gone up by as......Read More

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