Mayor Muriel Bowser is seeking $60 million in additional D.C. government funding for Cedar Hill Regional Medical Center GW Health as the hospital faces mounting financial losses.
Bowser requested up to $10 million annually for the Ward 8 hospital for six years to sustain its labor and delivery unit in an Oct. 6 letter to D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson and At-Large Councilmember Christina Henderson. First reported by the Washington Sun, the request to aid the hospital comes as Cedar Hill — which opened in April 2025 and is operated by Universal Health Services in partnership with GW Hospital — has struggled over staffing shortages, patient safety concerns and questions over its ability to provide care to historically underserved communities east of the Anacostia River.
“A critical aspect of Cedar Hill’s operations, and an important factor in addressing these disparities, is providing labor and delivery services and building a strong maternal and newborn health system for Wards 7 and 8,” Bowser wrote in the letter. “Despite citywide gains in reducing infant and maternal mortality rates, they remain unacceptably higher east of the river.”…