After months of laying groundwork, Luminis Health plans to expand critical women’s health services at its Prince George’s County hospital.
The health system said it will establish a women’s health hub with a new four-story tower on its Lanham campus that would house a dedicated center for inpatient obstetrics services, labor and delivery, and postpartum care, said Deneen Richmond, president of Luminis Health Doctors Community Medical Center (LHDCMC).
But before putting shovels to dirt, it needs a green light from the state of Maryland. The organization filed a letter of intent earlier this month with the Maryland Health Care Commission, before it submits its certificate of need application in April, Richmond said. An approval would give LHDCMC the go-ahead to start construction. From that point, the system expects the project would take three to five years to complete.
Luminis is also now developing site improvement plans to improve traffic flow on its campus and to upgrade utility infrastructure for water, electric and wastewater systems, according to Richmond.
