ChristianaCare has submitted a note of intent to the Delaware Health Resources Board to develop a new health campus in Georgetown as part of $865 million in planned investments across the state. The proposed campus is designed to address critical healthcare gaps in Sussex County, a region experiencing rapid population growth, particularly among older residents.
Sussex County’s healthcare system currently struggles with long wait times, a shortage of primary care providers, and limited access to specialists despite serving by three major health systems—Beebe Healthcare, Bayhealth, and TidalHealth. Parts of Sussex County are designated as medically underserved. The new 42,000-square-foot campus, planned for 20769 DuPont Blvd. in Georgetown at an estimated cost of $65.1 million, is expected to open in late 2028.
Campus Components and Services
The proposed campus would include a health center offering primary care, specialty care, behavioral health, and other outpatient services, along with a neighborhood hospital featuring eight emergency beds and eight inpatient beds. Vinay Maheshwari, physician executive for Growth and Strategic Partnerships for ChristianaCare, stated the facility will be “anchored with primary care, but also supported with specialty care, behavioral health, as well as other outpatient services such as imaging, to help support the community down in Sussex County.” The system plans to expand cardiovascular, neurology, and cancer care, and may add specialty services such as pulmonology across the Georgetown campus and other areas of Sussex County including Rehoboth.
ChristianaCare President and CEO Janice E. Nevin emphasized that the new campus will “help close gaps in access by bringing high-quality, equitable and more convenient care directly into the community that needs it most.” The facility aims to reduce residents’ need to travel long distances for treatment and connect patients more closely to ChristianaCare’s regional hospitals for advanced specialty care. State projections show Sussex and Kent counties could see an 8 percent population increase by 2030, with significant growth in residents ages 65 and older.
This article is an AI-assisted summary. All facts and figures are drawn from the original report: https://whyy.org/articles/christianacare-delaware-health-campus-expansion/