Back to the Future: Entrance A to Become the Main Entrance Again

I have been joking for a few years about the hospital’s main entrance being Entrance B. Some of you know that this has not always been the case. In the past, the bus loop entrance at the East Pavilion walkway, Entrance A, was the main entrance. 

Since the new three-story addition will be built in front of our current main entrance, we need to create a temporary main entrance until the new addition is complete. At that point, we will have a beautiful new grand entrance. 

We have been in the design and planning phase of the Promise Project for over a year, and now it’s wonderful that we are moving into construction. The first phase will involve trenching for the new utility lines that will connect to Charles Street. The Rose Parking Lot will be closed beginning July 19, but the handicap parking in the front of Entrance B will remain open. In late August, Entrance B and the remaining handicap parking will be closed in preparation for the groundbreaking. To accommodate our patients, we will be increasing valet services, transport services, and creating additional handicap spaces.

We have also started the schematic design phase of the Sandra R. Berman Pavilion and garage. We are involving representatives from all departments relocating to the consolidated cancer center building. We anticipate that this design work will continue well into August with the goal of finalizing construction documents in the Spring of 2022.  

I am really looking forward to the three-story addition which adds 60 new patient rooms that will accommodate patient and clinical staff needs and have advanced sound proofing. To get this done, we will have to make many changes to patient and staff flow throughout our campus. For more information, please visit www.gbmc.org/promiseproject. 

Thank You!!!
This past Sunday, we held our 33rd annual GBMC Father’s Day 5K and 1-Mile Fun Walk. It was a gorgeous day and it was great to see so many families IN-PERSON on our beautiful campus. For more than three decades, this event has been helping to raise funds for GBMC’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). 

I want to thank the more than 450 participants who spent part of their Father’s Day with GBMC and helped raise more than $105,000. In 33 years, the 5K has raised close to $3 million for critically ill and premature babies.

Let me also thank the GBMC Volunteer Auxiliary and all the amazing volunteers who made this event happen as well as GBMC’s NICU doctors, nurses, technicians, and others who dedicate their lives to the health of babies. I greatly appreciate the many “graduates” of our NICU and their parents who came out to show their support on Sunday. 

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