The University of Maryland Laurel Medical Center is set to open June 4, with a $70 million project offering a full emergency department, surgery and more.
It’s been a long time coming, but on Wednesday the ribbon was cut on one of the region’s newest health care facilities the University of Maryland Laurel Medical Center.
The new University of Maryland Laurel Medical Center is poised to open early next month to serve Laurel’s 30,000-some residents and their neighbors with emergency, preventative and behavioral health care, as well as some specialty procedures, but only on an outpatient basis.
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announced Thursday that the state will open COVID-19 testing sites outside of hospitals to help relieve emergency rooms, where patients are flocking to get tests.