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BHCT’s Community Engagement Committee
Bermuda Hospitals Charitable Trust [BHCT] have created a Community Engagement Committee for the Why it Matters campaign for the KEMH Redevelopment Project. With the completion of the campaign just over a year away, the Community Engagement Committee will be instrumental in providing guidance on activities to engage the community through awareness and... Read more of this article
Vehicle Access Restricted At Botanical Gardens
Paget Health Services advises that there will be a temporary restriction for vehicular traffic accessing the Botanical Gardens from Point Finger Road. The restriction is for safety reasons to allow excavation for the new water treatment plant and subsequently to construct the new car park for the new hospital wing. The pedestrian access will remain... Read more of this article
BHCT Launch Online Pledging Platform
Bermuda Hospitals Charitable Trust [BHCT], a non-profit organisation that leads fundraising and charitable giving for Bermuda Hospitals Board [BHB], has launched a personalised online pledging platform through the BHCT website. The initiative is part of the Why it Matters capital campaign to support the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital Redevelopment... Read more of this article
Photos: BHCT Why It Matters Campaign
Bermuda Hospitals Charitable Trust [BHCT] today released a selection of short testimonials and portraits of Bermuda residents and visitors endorsing the Why It Matters campaign. Launched in April 2011, the Why It Matters campaign aims to raise $40 million dollars in support of the KEMH Redevelopment Project. Over the past year, BHCT has hosted a series... Read more of this article
KEMH Redevelopment Project Wins Award
Bermuda Hospitals Board today announces that the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital [KEMH] Redevelopment Project has won Best Accommodation Project at the Partnerships Awards 2012, against an international shortlist. The awards are recognized as the highest accolade available in the international public private partnership [PPP] industry. Artist’s... Read more of this article
Lindo’s Donates $500,000 To KEMH Project
The Lindo’s Group of Companies has made a donation of $500,000 in support of the King Edward VII Memorial [KEMH] Redevelopment Project. BHCT is an independent non-profit organisation that leads fundraising and charitable giving for the Bermuda Hospitals Board [BHB]. It launched the Why It Matters capital campaign in April 2011 and to date the campaign... Read more of this article
RenaissanceRe Donates $1 Million To KEMH Project
Bermuda Hospitals Charitable Trust [BHCT] announced that RenaissanceRe has made a $1 million donation to the Why it Matters capital campaign, which is raising funds to redevelop King Edward VII Memorial Hospital [KEMH] by 2014. This latest donation takes the running total for the campaign to $25 million since its launch just over a year ago. BHCT is... Read more of this article
Berry Hill Rd. Reopens Ahead of Schedule
Bermuda Hospitals Board and Paget Health Services confirmed today [June 4] that works on Berry Hill Road were completed on Friday, 1 June, a week ahead of the original schedule. The road has now been reopened. Barry New, Paget Health Services General Manager, comments: “We are very pleased this work was completed ahead of schedule. Paget Health Services... Read more of this article
Part Of Paget Road To Close For A Month
Bermuda Hospitals Board and Paget Health Services announced that, starting Monday 14 May 2012 one end of Berry Hill Road will be closed for four weeks from the Hospital entrance to the junction of Point Finger Road. Barry New, Paget Health Services General Manager, comments: “We recognize that this will be a temporary inconvenience but this work is... Read more of this article
Road Works Planned For South Shore
Bermuda Hospitals Board and Paget Health Services announced that BCM McAlpine will be carrying out excavation works along South Road starting on Monday 13 February until the end of May. “This work will impact the junction of Seabright Avenue and the service entrance to the Botanical Gardens. It will be carried out in two phases, in order to minimise... Read more of this article
New Hospital ‘Remains On Budget’
Speaking in the House of Assembly yesterday [Nov.25] Minister of Health Zane Desilva provided an update on the building of the the new hospital, and said the project remains on budget and they they “expect to open the doors of the new hospital at the end of March 2014.” The Minister said 40,000 cubic yards of rock has been excavated which... Read more of this article
Driveway Opens: From Point Finger Rd
Bermuda Hospitals Board [BHB] today advised motorists that a new driveway from Point Finger Road to the Botanical Gardens is now open near the mobile construction site offices. This access driveway does not serve King Edward VII Memorial Hospital. A spokesperson said, “Paget Health Services made a commitment to replace the former entrance road... Read more of this article
KEMH Redevelopment Networking Event
On May 4th, there will be a networking event for the Bermuda Facilities Management Association, and the topic will be the Bermuda’s Hospital Redevelopment Project. The event offers the opportunity to network with facility/property managers, architects, engineers, designers, planners. building owners, plumbing-electrical air-conditioning and... Read more of this article
Hospital Campaign Raises $17 Million So Far
Bermuda Hospitals Charitable Trust [BHCT] today announced the launch of ‘Why It Matters’, a three-year, $40 million capital campaign to provide the down payment for the $247 million King Edward VII Memorial Hospital Redevelopment Project. At a morning news conference, BHCT Chairman Philip Butterfield, said that BHCT has already reached... Read more of this article
Photos & Video: Demolition of Old Hospital
[Updated with photos] Demolition of the “old hospital” building on the King Edward Memorial [KEMH] site began earlier this week, and is expected to take less than six weeks, with a further two weeks to clear rubble from the site. Demolition started from the back area that connects the old hospital building to the existing building [separation of... Read more of this article
Driveway To Botanical Gardens Closed
Paget Health Services is closing the existing driveway from Point Finger Road to the Botanical Gardens as part of construction work for the new hospital building. The access road will be closed from Monday, 28 February. A spokesperson said: “For those on foot, a new sidewalk that joins Point Finger Road and the Botanical Gardens has been built... Read more of this article
