University of Maryland Medical System is at the beginning phase of erecting a 24-hour free-standing emergency center. For years, Queen Anne's County residents have been without a hospital, forcing them to go to other areas for emergency medical care. That proved problematic, since ambulances would have to face Bay Bridge traffic to reach Anne Arundel Medical Center, or go to other hospitals in Talbot or Kent counties.
Once it opens, the facility will be the second free-standing emergency room in the state. The first, Shady Grove Adventist...
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