the ceremony on November 20.

His Excellency the Governor, Mrs. Masefield, the Honourable Nelson Bascome, Members of Parliament, Donors, Hospital Supporters and Staff -- good Afternoon and welcome to the official opening of King Edward Memorial Hospital's new surgical wing. We have a lot of activities planned this afternoon so I'll get started right away. I'd like to first call upon His Excellency the Governor to say a few words...(His Excellency) HE Speaks...

SM "Thank you for those kind words'' (or other appropriate comments) SM "Last summer the Bermuda Hospitals Board's sponsored an Outside Art Competition. Artist were asked to submit proposals for a site installation appropriate to the hospital setting -- keeping in mind the hospital's role as `caregiver to the people of Bermuda'. I am pleased to say that Mrs. Vivienne Gardner was the winner of that competition. Today we have before us the manifestation of Vivienne Gardner's vision of the Hospital, I'll call upon Mrs. Gardner, to explain The Spark of Life to you and the Bishop to bless Mrs.

Gardner's sculpture. Mrs. Gardner...

(The water will go on after the Bishop blesses the sculpture) SM claps (Appropriate Comment) I like to call upon our Board Chairman, Mr. Clement Talbot to say a few words...

(Mr. Talbot speaks -- hands SM flower) Thank You clam... The next two items on your programme symbolise the struggle, the hard work and the patience of so many people and it is with pleasure that I call upon His Excellency and Mr. Vincent Simons to raise the flags. Mr.

Simons is a BHB employee -- Neil Crane Director of Facilities management describes Mr. Simons as... Once the flags are raised I'd like us to lower them to half mast in memory of Dr. Manderson, who passed away yesterday. (The TOY volunteers come forward with the flags -- BDA flag first and present them in readiness for the Governor at the flag pole.) HE raises the flag.

SM claps.

HE and Mr. Simmons walk back to places.

"Next we'll have the planting of our cedar tree. In July we launched our new logo to symbolise our fight to survive in a constantly changing environment We visualised the changes in the form of a Bermuda cedar tree to represent growth, life, and all that is uniquely Bermudian...

(TOY start to plant tree) SM The people you see gathered are the BHB's Team of the Year They are the current `Continuing Care and Specialised Geriatrics Team', Congratulations team and Thank you.

SM Claps I'd now like to all upon the Rev. Conway Simmons to bless our new surgical wing. Rev Simmons...

SM and Now for the ribbon cutting can I ask the new minister of Health to come forward, the honourable Nelson Bascome...

(NB to say a few words.) SM to get scissors, they are under the podium, and give to NB ribbon is cut SM reads final speech "Before we finish out here I'd like to make you aware of the events scheduled for inside. There ill be tours of the facility (in groups of 20) organised by Luann at the door. There will also be two screenings of the new BHB video highlighting our new wing. This video was the brainchild of Sen. Alfred Oughton whose vision and perseverance made it a reality. The video was sponsored by The Argus Groups of Companies, BELCO and BFM Insurance Group, thank you all for your support. I'd also like to point out the donor wall -- which is a work in progress, not all names are there as we had some damage in shipping -- I apologise to the Lions club in advance. The other item I want to highlight is the portraits. Today we are celebrating progress in the hospital, but we do so remembering those who shaved helped to bring us to this point. If you an recall the old lobby, there were portraits of several physicians who gave unstintingly of their time and skills to KEHM. We have carefully restored those portraits and they are now hanging in the corridor. To everyone here, thank you again for sharing this day with us, enjoy the refreshments and have a safe weekend.

Before we finish out here I'd like to make you aware of the events scheduled for inside. There will be tours of the facility (in groups of 20) organised by Luann at the door. There will also be two screenings of the new BHB video highlighting our new wing. This video was the brainchild of Sen. Alfred Oughton whose vision and perserverence made it a reality. The video was sponsored by BELCO and BFM Insurance Group. Thank you both for your support and, to everyone here, enjoy.

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