The certificate of need application, filed with Maryland’s Medical Health Care Commission, outlined plans to renovate its two existing hospital buildings and calls for the construction of a seven-story inpatient facility.
If the application is approved, the project will transition all of Bayview’s inpatient rooms to fully private rooms. Currently, about 60 percent of the inpatient beds on Bayview’s campus are semi-private, which hospital officials said can hinder patient satisfaction.
In addition, the project will modernize and upgrade its facilities, which are now approximately 80 years old. The proposal noted that its labor and delivery rooms, neonatal intensive care unit, burn center and some operating rooms are aging, undersized or poorly oriented, making care delivery more difficult.
The proposed seven-story inpatient facility will house an updated obstetrics unit, four new operating rooms and a burn unit with a rehabilitation gym. The project will also include a 540-space parking garage and a new helipad.
“[Bayview Medical Center] continues to lag behind other hospitals in the region in providing modern, state-of-the-art facilities and accommodations for its inpatients, as well as for the faculty and staff who care for them,” the hospital wrote in its filing, according to the Baltimore Business Journal. “Achieving these objectives is essential to the longterm viability of the hospital.”
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