After roughly 10 years of advocacy, substantial monetary investments, and tireless groundwork, D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser and partnering companies offered the long-awaited Cedar Hill Regional Medical Middle GW Well being to Ward 8.
The mayor and facility management hosted a ribbon slicing Thursday for the brand new facility at 1200 Pecan Road SE.
Gleaming with delight and pleasure, Bowser devoted the inception of the 407,000-square-foot hospital to the tireless work and dedication of native well being leaders who’ve vowed to convey dependable, accessible well being care providers to Wards 7 and eight.
“That is my tenth 12 months as mayor,” stated Bowser, pausing to carry again tears. “I made the promise in 2015 that we might be right here at this time, and we’ve executed it.”
Cedar Hill Regional Medical Middle GW Well being is the primary new hospital the District has opened in 25 years.
The state-of-the-art, full-service facility will present a bunch of complete well being care providers, that includes cardiology, neurology, most cancers care, maternal well being and supply providers, together with a six-bed well-baby nursery and a Degree II NICU, and extra.
Additional, the five-story hospital comprises 136 beds, a trauma heart, 5 working rooms, an ambulatory pavilion for doctor places of work, and a helipad for emergency transports, together with a 500-car storage.
Common Well being Providers, which has dedicated a $75 million funding to the District’s well being infrastructure, will function the hospital in partnership with George Washington MFA, in addition to Kids’s Nationwide Hospital who will provide pediatric care.
At-large D.C. Council member Christina Henderson (I) shared her pleasure for the grand opening of the brand new hospital, notably because it pertains to the dire want for high quality maternal well being providers throughout the town.
“I’m particularly thrilled, [that] that is going to be the primary time since 2019, that an individual will be capable to give delivery in an precise labor and supply unit in a hospital east of north Capitol Road,” stated Henderson. “Not east of the river, east of north Capitol Road. That’s half the town. And so I look ahead to welcoming our first D.C. resident born right here in a few weeks.”
Tony Coleman, chief government officer of Cedar Hill Regional Medical Middle GW Well being, emphasised that the neighborhood supplied perception into the varieties of care residents hoped could be accessible on the facility, taking part in a important position in last selections about varied providers.
“Thanks to the individuals who reside in Ward 7 and the oldsters residing proper right here in Ward 8 for giving me time to find out about what this neighborhood wants,” Coleman stated. “As a hospital administrator, you need to sit with the people who find themselves closest to the ache and the issues, and you need to pay attention. So, I need to once more thank the neighborhood for welcoming me, sitting me down, and exhibiting me over the previous 12 months and a half what you want.”
