ROSEDALE, MD—On December 9, 1969, MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center opened as a four-story 305-bed hospital in eastern Baltimore County. Within the first 18 months, the new hospital had treated more than 100,000 outpatients. Since opening, the hospital has expanded to offer the latest, most innovative, and comprehensive treatments for individuals with a wide range of medical conditions. Today, as […]
Route 702 at East Homberg Avenue in Essex was shut down throughout the afternoon on Monday while investigators were on the scene of a fatal crash that killed an 83-year-old man. Authorities have determined that, at just before 2:45 p.m. on Monday, a Toyota Corolla was traveling westbound on East Homberg Avenue crossing Route 702 when it was struck on the […]
Police in Baltimore County are investigating a shooting that occurred in Essex overnight. Detectives were able to determine that the shooting took place in the 1300-block of Sugarwood Circle (21221) after the victim walked into MedStar Franklin Square Hospital suffering from a gunshot wound. Officers initially responded to a 911 call for shots fired at about 12:45 a.m. on Tuesday. Police […]
Baltimore, MD – MedStar Health Inc. in Columbia, Md., MedStar Union Memorial Hospital, and MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center, both in Baltimore, have agreed to pay $35 million to settle allegations under the False Claims Act that it paid kickbacks to MidAtlantic Cardiovascular Associates, a cardiology group based in Pikesville, in exchange for referrals, through a series of professional services […]
Detectives from the Baltimore County Police Department made two arrests on Monday in connection with a shooting on Handworth Way in Nottingham (21236) that left one man injured on Sunday night. Police were called to MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center on Sunday evening after a man walked in with a gunshot wound to the lower body. The victim, 31, stated that he and his girlfriend were […]
Police in Baltimore County are investigating a fatal pedestrian crash on Eastern Avenue on Sunday afternoon. Police were called to the area of Eastern Avenue and Tidewater Lane in Middle River (21220) at just after 1 p.m. Sunday after a 2017 Ram 1500 truck traveling westbound on Eastern Avenue struck a pedestrian that suddenly darted out into the roadway. The truck […]
Police in Baltimore County are searching for a critical missing person who walked away from Franklin Square Hospital in Rosedale. Rakuan Tremaine Long is 6’1” and weighs 144 pounds. He was last seen on Monday, December 10, at 7:20 p.m. Anyone with information on Long’s whereabouts is asked to call 9-1-1.
MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center on Monday broke ground on a new, $70 million surgical pavilion. The new pavilion will contain the latest technologies to optimize patient care and house surgical services all under one roof. The new structure will consist of 14 state-of-the-art operating rooms. The Rosedale facility won approval from state regulators last year for the new 80,000-square-foot, […]