Editing Bermuda (section)

==Healthcare==
The [[Bermuda Hospitals Board]] operates the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, located in [[Paget Parish]], and the [[Mid-Atlantic Wellness Institute]], located in [[Devonshire Parish]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Contact Us |website=bermudahospitals.bm |publisher=Bermuda Hospitals Board |url=http://www.bermudahospitals.bm/bhb/about-us/contact-us.asp |access-date=4 December 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121206182010/http://www.bermudahospitals.bm/bhb/about-us/contact-us.asp |archive-date=6 December 2012}}</ref> Boston's Lahey Medical Center has an established visiting specialists program on the island which provides Bermudians and expats with access to specialists regularly on the island.<ref>{{Cite press release |author=Nigel |date=27 March 2019 |title=Lahey to provide medical services at BMSG |website=bermudamedical.com |publisher=Bermuda Medical Specialties Group |url=https://bermudamedical.com/lahey-to-provide-medical-services-at-bmsg/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220216031947/https://bermudamedical.com/lahey-to-provide-medical-services-at-bmsg/ |archive-date=16 February 2022 |access-date=16 February 2022 |language=en-US}}</ref> There were about 6,000&nbsp;hospital admissions, 30,000&nbsp;emergency department attendances and 6,300&nbsp;outpatient procedures in 2017.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Strangeways |first=Sam |date=10 July 2018 |title=Hospital reveals harm figures |publisher=Royal Gazette |url=http://www.royalgazette.com/health/article/20180706/hospital-reveals-harm-figures |url-status=live |access-date=15 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116001219/http://www.royalgazette.com/health/article/20180706/hospital-reveals-harm-figures |archive-date=16 November 2018}}</ref>

Unlike the other territories that still remain under British rule, Bermuda does not have [[National health insurance|national healthcare]]. Employers must provide a healthcare plan and pay for up to 50% of the cost for each employee.<ref name="Healthcare">{{cite web |author=Forbes, Keith Archibald |title=Bermuda Healthcare costs |website=bermuda-online.org/healthcare |url=http://www.bermuda-online.org/healthcare.htm |url-status=live |access-date=2 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180903004401/http://www.bermuda-online.org/healthcare.htm |archive-date=3 September 2018}}</ref> Healthcare is a mandatory requirement and is expensive, even with the help provided by employers.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bermuda's Healthcare costs for residents and visitors |website=www.bermuda-online.org |url=https://www.bermuda-online.org/healthcare.htm |url-status=live |access-date=16 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220331182528/http://www.bermuda-online.org/healthcare.htm |archive-date=31 March 2022}}</ref> There are only a few approved healthcare providers that offer insurance to Bermudians.<ref name="Healthcare"/> {{as of|2016}}, these were the Bermudian government's Health Insurance Department, three other approved licensed health insurance companies, and three approved health insurance schemes (provided by the Bermudian government for its employees and by two banks).<ref>{{cite web |title=Licensed and approved health insurers |website=bhec.bm |url=http://www.bhec.bm/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/2016-Website-Notice.pdf |access-date=2 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160804064956/http://www.bhec.bm/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/2016-Website-Notice.pdf |archive-date=4 August 2016}}</ref>

There are no [[paramedic]]s on the island. The Bermuda Hospitals Board said in 2018 that they were not vital in Bermuda because of its small size.<ref>{{cite news |last=Lagan |first=Sarah |date=22 October 2018 |title=Call for paramedics to save lives on island |newspaper=Royal Gazette |url=http://www.royalgazette.com/drive-for-change/article/20181022/call-for-paramedics-to-save-lives-on-island |url-status=live |access-date=15 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116044753/http://www.royalgazette.com/drive-for-change/article/20181022/call-for-paramedics-to-save-lives-on-island |archive-date=16 November 2018}}</ref> [[Nurse practitioner]]s on the island, of which there are not many, can be granted authority to write prescriptions "under the authority of a medical practitioner".<ref>{{cite news |date=25 September 2018 |title=Nurse can write prescriptions |publisher=Royal Gazette |url=http://www.royalgazette.com/health/article/20180925/nurse-can-write-prescriptions |url-status=live |access-date=15 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116085414/http://www.royalgazette.com/health/article/20180925/nurse-can-write-prescriptions |archive-date=16 November 2018}}</ref>

===COVID-19 pandemic===
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The Minister for Health during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Bermuda|COVID-19 pandemic]] was [[Kim Wilson (politician)|Kim Wilson]], who led the territory's approach with "an abundance of caution".<ref>{{Cite press release |first=Kim |last=Wilson |date=22 November 2020 |title=Statement from the Minister of Health |publisher=Government of Bermuda |editor=Simmons, R.W. |lang=en-GB |url=https://www.gov.bm/articles/statement-minister-health-hon-kim-wilson-jp-mp |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220813100449/https://www.gov.bm/articles/statement-minister-health-hon-kim-wilson-jp-mp |archive-date=13 August 2022 |access-date=18 May 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Minister Kim Wilson: Leader undaunted |date=27 December 2021 |magazine=[[The Bermudian Magazine]] |url=https://www.thebermudian.com/people/bermudians-of-the-year/minister-kim-wilson-leader-undaunted/ |url-status=live |access-date=18 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220518212052/https://www.thebermudian.com/people/bermudians-of-the-year/minister-kim-wilson-leader-undaunted/ |archive-date=18 May 2022 |language=en-US}}</ref>