Relations and hospital employees alike are celebrating after the protected supply of the primary child born at Cedar Hill Regional Medical Heart GW Well being in Ward 8 since its opening on April 15.
Dad and mom Regina Crowder and Ronnell Fletcher welcomed child Reign, born on Sunday, April 27 at 1:12 p.m., weighing 6 kilos, 4 ounces at beginning, and 18 inches lengthy — the fourth on the new Southeast medical facility.
As Cedar Hill CEO, Anthony B. Coleman emphasised the hospital will proceed to prioritize high quality maternal and toddler care, aligning with D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s total well being care targets.
“Cedar Hill Regional Medical Heart GW Well being is delighted to ship wholesome infants born to Washingtonians locally the place they dwell,” stated Coleman. “Each child born at Cedar Hill represents Mayor Bowser’s promise made — and promise stored — to offer Washingtonians east of the River high quality healthcare. We want Reign’s mother and father and siblings our highest as they settle of their latest member of the family.”
For the reason that closing of United Medical Heart’s maternity ward in 2017, households east of the Anacostia River had been left to journey a distance outdoors of their group to ship infants.
Opening on April 15, Cedar Hill is the primary new hospital erected within the District in 25 years, situated on the St. Elizabeth’s East Campus at 1200 Pecan Road SE, and that includes 142 beds with the potential to progress to upward of 190 beds within the close to future.
Cedar Hill nursing employees stated they had been delighted to have served the Crowder household.
“Our mission is to offer wonderful healthcare to this group, wrapped in love, respect, and kindness,” stated Lesia Douglas, director of Cedar Hill’s Ladies’s Well being Heart and Providers, Labor & Supply. “We’ve assembled a workforce of caring, skilled nurses at Cedar Hill, a lot of whom dwell on this group.”
Whereas the brand new facility is working to have interaction residents and construct belief throughout Wards 7 and eight and all through the District, Crowder stated she is happy with the offered care and repair.
A Ward 8 resident, Crowder deemed her daughter’s beginning at Cedar Hill as “the most effective labor and supply expertise” amongst her 9 complete deliveries.
“We had been handled with love, care, and respect,” she stated.
