DC opening new hospital in Ward 8 to assist shut hole in entry
A brand-new hospital is ready to open its doorways in a matter of days in Ward 8, aiming to shut long-standing gaps in healthcare entry. There hasn’t been a brand new hospital in D.C. in 25 years, making this a essential milestone for healthcare within the District.
WASHINGTON – A brand-new hospital is ready to open its doorways in a matter of days in Ward 8, aiming to shut long-standing gaps in healthcare entry.
There hasn’t been a brand new hospital in D.C. in 25 years, making this a essential milestone for healthcare within the District.
This has been a very long time coming and it took years of advocacy and planning to make Cedar Hill Regional Medical Heart GW Well being a actuality.
And whereas nobody desires to go to a hospital, for too lengthy residents of Wards 7 and eight have had restricted entry to healthcare or have needed to journey far distances. So for a lot of, having a full-service hospital at this caliber of their neighborhood is a turning level for DC.
“It is a promise I made in 2015, and we made it,” D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser mentioned.
With 136 beds, a trauma heart, emergency care, maternal well being and supply companies, a stage 2 NICU, a helipad for emergency transport, this full-service hospital is a results of a $434 million public non-public partnership.
