Luminis Health is close to breaking ground on its Prince George’s County women’s health tower after receiving a significant capital injection from the state of Maryland.
Doctors Community Medical Center, the health system’s Lanham hospital, has secured $19 million from the state’s latest budget to help fuel the $170 million campus project — a four-story pavilion for inpatient obstetrics services, labor and delivery, and postpartum care.
The latest funding comes on top of $7 million Luminis received from the state last year, and is nearly double the amount it had originally been pre-authorized for this year, a system spokesperson told me. “Luminis Health is grateful to state and county leaders for the additional money,” he said.
Luminis is slated to receive another $10 million in next year’s budget, “but similar to this year, it will be subject to the House and Senate’s final approval during next year’s legislative session,” the spokesperson said.
Lawmakers approved the funding in the waning days of 2024 legislative session, which ended April 8. Overall, Luminis is seeking $100 million from Maryland “to support this major initiative to expand access and care” in the county, the spokesperson said.
