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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TUESDAY, APRIL 26, 2022 Province moves Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital redevelopment to tendering stage PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY – The Ontario government is moving the Quinte Health Care (QHC) Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital redevelopment project to the fourth stage of a five-stage project, paving the way to go to tender, Todd Smith, MPP for Bay of Quinte, announced today. The ...

PICTON, April 11, 2022 – John and Dianne Hopper made a special visit to the Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital Foundation this week, delivering a pledge installment towards their commitment to the new hospital campaign. The couple, who reside in Sophiasburgh ward, presented Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital Foundation’s Executive Director, Shannon Coull, with their third $50,000 installment that is Backing the Build for ...

PICTON, April 5, 2022 – The Picton Firefighters Association have once again shown their commitment to the health and well-being of our community by making another gift in support of the Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital Foundation’s (PECMHF) new hospital campaign. The Picton Firefighters Association turned up the heat on Tuesday evening when their members presented the PECMHF with a $7,000 gift to Back ...

It’s not quite shovels in the ground yet, but there was some digging going on this past December on the future site of our new hospital. Meet Courtney, Meghan, and Amanda from Ground Truth. They were tasked with completing the fieldwork associated with the archaeological assessment for the due diligence for the new Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital. Before approving a land development project, ...

PICTON, February 3, 2022 – Health care touches us all in different ways, and it takes special people in the community to ensure medical professionals deliver the best care possible each and every day. The desire to inspire others and helping to ensure access to health care is close to home is what motivated a $50,000 gift from the DiBattista family of Picton. The ...

Not even a global pandemic can stop the momentum toward building a new Quinte Health Care (QHC) Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital (PECMH)! Over the past year, as COVID‐19 continued to monopolize much of the focus for hospitals, our teams have stayed the course behind the scenes diving into the detailed design work needed for attaining approval for the new hospital build. The work ...

PICTON, December 17, 2021 – A local service club continues to support the construction of Prince Edward County’s new hospital. Volunteers from the Rotary Club of Picton teed up their support again this year and presented members of the Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital Foundation with a $5,000 pledge installment towards their $100,000 commitment to the new hospital fundraising campaign. This donation, raised through the ...

PICTON, October 29, 2021 – The Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital Foundation (PECMHF) is pleased to announce that thanks to the generosity of donors, $500,000 has been raised through a matching gift incentive to help build a new hospital in Prince Edward County. And, it took less than three months! This past summer the Paul B. Helliwell Foundation committed to making a 2:1 match ...

PICTON, September 20, 2021 – It is a million-dollar day for the future home of Quinte Health Care Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital. Today, the Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital Auxiliary volunteers demonstrated that they are a fundraising force to be reckoned with. Auxiliary representatives presented the Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital Foundation team with their fifth and final pledge installment to help Back ...

An udder day, an udder dollar to help Back the Build BLOOMFIELD, August 20, 2021 – There was a feeling of deja moo in the air today. A group of farmers representing the local Dairy Producers and their families presented the Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital Foundation with a second donation to help Back the Build at a gathering at Prinzhaven Farms on Gilead ...