{"id":96871,"date":"2020-01-16T11:46:40","date_gmt":"2020-01-16T15:46:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=96871"},"modified":"2020-01-16T11:46:40","modified_gmt":"2020-01-16T15:46:40","slug":"government-confirms-decision-to-name-hospital-after-sir-lester","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/government-confirms-decision-to-name-hospital-after-sir-lester\/","title":{"rendered":"Government Confirms Decision To Name Hospital After Sir Lester"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"antig-1656926468\" class=\"antig-ecab antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1201w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:100\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:342\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:256\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1201\" height=\"401\"   \/><\/a><\/div><div id=\"antig-2423587211\" class=\"antig-before-content antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/medicalbenefitsscheme\" aria-label=\"PHOTO-2026-04-07-10-45-56\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1200\/h:400\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/PHOTO-2026-04-07-10-45-56.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1200\/h:400\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/PHOTO-2026-04-07-10-45-56.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:100\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/PHOTO-2026-04-07-10-45-56.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:341\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/PHOTO-2026-04-07-10-45-56.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:256\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/PHOTO-2026-04-07-10-45-56.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1200\" height=\"400\"   \/><\/a><\/div><div>The government has confirmed a controversial decision to name the Mount St. John Medical Center after National Hero Sir Lester Bird.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The announcement was made during the delivery of the Speech From The Throne by Governor General Sir Rodney Williams.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;Superb leadership at the Ministerial and Directorship levels have assured us of a new and higher level of treatment at the hospital, which will soon be called: \u201c<i><u>The Sir Lester Bird \u2013 Mount St. John Medical Center<\/u>.\u201d<\/i><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>In defense of the decision, Sir Rodney said, &#8220;no-one endured more criticism and opprobrium for having the foresight, the prescience, to construct the purpose-built hospital on the Mount, than Sir Lester Bird.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He added that &#8220;institutions that bear the names of their originators will forever cause the nation to examine our history, my Government believes; and, <i><u>The Sir Lester Bird &#8211; Mount St. John Medical Center<\/u><\/i> will stand as such a monument in history.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The news is not expected to go down well with critics of Sir Lester who think he is not deserving of the honour.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Members of the main opposition United Progressive Party still do no recognise him as a National Hero.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Meantime, the GG has said that the hospital is enjoying &#8220;very high approval ratings from the population.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>This assessment was based on what Sir Rodney called &#8220;the turnaround which the people of Antigua and Barbuda have witnessed at the Mount St. John Medical Center, since 2014.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He said, having invested nearly US$50 million dollars in new diagnostic and other hospital equipment; and, having added doctors specializing in urology, neurology, and emergency care to the team; and, having attracted visiting expert-surgeons to undertake complex operations on eyes and kidneys; and, having further planned to undertake operations on malfunctioning hearts,&#8221; all contributed to the favourable ratings.<u><\/u><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><u><\/u>\u00a0<u><\/u><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div id=\"antig-1556081075\" class=\"antig-in-comments_2 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/@hadeedmotorsltd\" aria-label=\"Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1000\/h:250\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1000\/h:250\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2.png 1000w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:75\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2.png 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:192\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1000\" height=\"250\"   \/><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The government has confirmed a controversial decision to name the Mount St. John Medical Center after National Hero Sir Lester Bird. The announcement was made during the delivery of the Speech From The Throne by Governor General Sir Rodney Williams. &#8220;Superb leadership at the Ministerial and Directorship levels have assured us of a new and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":12052,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-96871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.1 (Yoast SEO v24.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Government Confirms Decision To Name Hospital After Sir Lester - Antigua News Room<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/government-confirms-decision-to-name-hospital-after-sir-lester\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Government Confirms Decision To Name Hospital After Sir Lester\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The government has confirmed a controversial decision to name the Mount St. John Medical Center after National Hero Sir Lester Bird. 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