After years of negotiations and lobbying, state health officials voted Thursday to allow Dimensions Health Corp. to replace Prince George's Hospital Center with a new $543 million regional medical center in Largo that will be owned and operated by the University of Maryland Medical System.
The New Prince George's Regional Medical Center will include 205 acute-inpatient beds and offer services available at the current hospital, including a 15-bed special pediatric unit at Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital which is part of the current hospital center complex.
The project will be financed by $127 million in new debt, $208 million from Prince George's County; and $208 million from the State of Maryland.
The Maryland Health Care Commission voted 11 to 0, with one recusal, to approve the certificate of need application needed for the project to move forward. The new hospital is expected to open in 2020.
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