New Genesis Medical Center Fact Sheet
May 2012
The new Genesis medical center will include:
• 260 private patient rooms
• A new patient tower, which will include:
o Emergency/trauma department
o Intensive care unit
o Heart center
o Operating rooms
• Extensive renovation of existing Bethesda Hospital building
• New outpatient cancer center
• New medical office building
Economic impact:
• Total project estimate – $125 million
• Community business impact – $250 million to $310 million
• Reduction in annual operating cost with new medical center – $10 million
Timeline:
• Design phase underway
• Groundbreaking – spring 2013
• Facilities open – 2015
Major design considerations:
• State-of-the-art facility utilizing best practice design principles from hospitals across the country
• Patients want private rooms – all inpatient rooms will be private
• Centers of Excellence for heart & vascular, cancer, orthopedics, women’s health, neuroscience and trauma/emergency
• Single, expanded medical center will reduce duplicate services, eliminate patient transfers between hospitals, and eliminate confusion about which facility provides which service
Site specifics:
• Current site of Genesis-Bethesda Hospital
• 2951 Maple Avenue
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