A new project manager has been appointed to oversee the construction of a new hospital, which is now a year behind schedule. A government release on Friday stated that Carlos Pena, who brings project management and development experience from various parts of the world to the island. Pena has been on the job since July 2024.
He will project manage the construction phase of the new Montserrat Hospital. He comes with substantial project management experience, leading development and construction of large-scale projects in different parts of the world, including a 98,000 sqft high-end clinic in the continental Caribbean.
He has worked in director and senior management capacities for leading developers in the Middle East and North Africa, as well as in PMO practices in Colombia and the United States.
He is said to be engaging with the MoHSS, the PMO, various GOM Departments and the FCDO in procuring the main contractor to undertake construction of the new hospital and its ancillary buildings, as well as in creating synergies to support the non-infrastructure health transformation project.
The New National Hospital Project is funded by Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office investment from the Capital Investment Programme for Resilient Economic Growth (CIPREG).
