Groundbreaking Ceremony

Festivities for the Shore Memorial Hospital groundbreaking ceremony for the hospital’s campus expansion plans included a sand sculpture of the new Surgical Pavilion by local artist and sand sculptor John Gowdy.

Members of the local clergy blessed the ground where construction for the Surgical Pavilion will take place. Clergy members prayed for the health of the patients, guidance for the caregivers and safety for the people working on the construction project. Pictured front, left to right are Deacon Joseph Orlando of St. Augustine’s Parish in Ocean City; Rabbi Krauss (retired) of Beth El Synagogue in Margate; Father Peter Di Tomasso, Catholic Chaplain for Shore Memorial Hospital and Vocation Director for the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Mary in Linwood. Pictured back row are Rev. Mark McDowell of The Margate Community Church (left) and Rev. Mark S. Peake of The Presbyterian Church in Pleasantville.

Hospital Board members begin the groundbreaking for Shore Memorial Hospital’s new Surgical Pavilion on Wednesday, October 29. Pictured left to right are Louis P. DeScioli, chairman of the Shore Health Enterprises, Inc. Board, Arthur T. Ford, III, Esq., chairman of the Shore Memorial Health System Board, Albert L. Gutierrez, Shore Memorial’s president and CEO, Gerald J. Corcoran, Esq., chairman of the Shore Memorial Hospital Board, Thomas K. Ritter, Chairman of the Shore Memorial Health Foundation Board, and Carmine Taglialatella, Esq., chairman of the Shore Health Services Corp. Board.

Employees from Shore Memorial’s Surgical Services Department participate in the groundbreaking ceremony for the hospital’s new Surgical Pavilion.

Rebecca “Becky” Carter-Morton, a Shore Memorial employee for nearly 50 years, led the pledge of allegiance and gave a speech about patient centered care during the ceremony.

Albert L. Gutierrez, Shore Memorial’s president and CEO, speaks during the groundbreaking ceremony.