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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Folks, it's stressful to get to the current location [I]from certain parts of town[/I].

Wherever they move will have the same problem.

People who live close to the current location do not find it hard to get there. If you live in Petworth, Brookland, Capitol Hill, etc., the current location is pretty great. If you live across the river or Georgetown, it's a pain. But moving it to another neighborhood doesn't solve this problem, it just shifts who it is convenient for and who it's not convenient for.

Also the people complaining about the difficulty of reaching the current location and the parking garage in the same breath are working at cross purposes. A more central location would make it more accessible by public transit, but would likely make parking even worse than it currently is. You also have to think about emergency vehicle traffic -- the current location can be a pain to drive to but there are advantages of being near the junction of two major thoroughfares with multiple lanes, because it makes it easier for ambulances to get to there.

One of the major features of Children's is that it is the only Trauma 1 level children's ER in the entire region. So ER accessibility is really important, more so than access to specialists, sadly for those of us whose kids need to see specialists there frequently!

Hospital location can be really difficult. I am not sure I can think of a site elsewhere in the city that is obviously superior to their current site, even though I totally understand what is not ideal about the current site.[/quote]

You are assuming they don't want to move further away from certain populations. Make it harder for the poor to access care, easier for the wealthy. I've got my money on Sibley or another suburban hospital. [/quote]

Revising my prediction - it's not going to Maryland since Maryland essentially made their hospitals socialized medicine with their All-Payer model. [/quote]

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