Thursday 13 May 2021: Bermuda Hospitals Board performed three-dimensional (3D) mammograms for the first time on Wednesday 12 May. Earlier this month, GE’s Pristina 3D mammography unit was installed in the Diagnostic Imaging Department of King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, replacing the old 2D unit. “There was a real excitement in the air with our … Continue reading
Thursday 13 May 2021: Acknowledging the stress the pandemic has placed on many in our community, Bermuda Hospitals Board’s (BHB) Mid-Atlantic Wellness Institute (MWI) urges the public to be kind with the release of its Be Kind logo. Kindness was the theme of MWI’s Mental Health Awareness Week last year. At the close of the … Continue reading
Sunday 9 May 2021: BHB today shared data from 14 March to 1 May 2021 that has highlighted the protection vaccination against COVID-19 brings, even as people go through the immunisation process. The start date (14 March) was the day the first hospitalisation of the current surge occurred, after a period of some time with … Continue reading
Friday 7 May 2021: Bermuda Hospitals Board (BHB) today announces that, given the return to a lower prevalence of COVID-19 in Bermuda, it will once more allow limited visitation from Sunday 9 May 2021 for acute care and long term care patients. Key changes include two visitors allowed at any one time for acute care … Continue reading
Thursday 6 May 2021: Demco florist donated 300 roses to nurses at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital (KEMH) today, marking the official start of Nurses Month this year. “We felt there was no one more deserving than nurses on the frontline of treating patients in Bermuda, to get a rose thanking them for their service,” … Continue reading
Thursday 6 May 2021: Sixty Bermuda Hospitals Board (BHB) nurses will receive a hand-crafted gift bag in memory of Bermudian missionary Freida Nusum, who died of COVID-19 in Panama last April. Ms Nusum and her husband, Sheridan, were living in Panama as missionaries when the pandemic started last year. Unfortunately, the couple both contracted the … Continue reading