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| https://sarbanes.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/sarbanes-maryland-congressional-delegation-announce-more-10-million | Sarbanes, Maryland Congressional Delegation Announce More Than $10 Million to Expand Mercy Medical Centers COVID-19 Treatment Capability | 2020-12-01 | 2020 | 2020-12 | Democrat | Senate | MD | John Sarbanes | S001168 | sarbanes.house.gov | legacy | WASHINGTON, D.C. Congressman John Sarbanes (D-Md.) today joined the Maryland Congressional Delegation in announcing more than $10.4 million in emergency federal funding to help Mercy Health Services treat more COVID-19 patients. We are forever indebted to America's health care workers, including the professionals at Baltimore's Mercy Medical Center, who continue to risk their lives and work tirelessly around the clock to fight COVID-19 and deliver effective care to Marylanders, the lawmakers said. This emergency funding to expand COVID-19 treatment rooms at Mercy Medical Center will help increase Maryland's hospital capacity and reduce overcrowding in an effort to keep health care workers and Marylanders safe. We remain committed to securing additional federal funding to provide our health care workers and hospitals with the resources they need to get us through this public health emergency. The funding, authorized under Section 403 of the Stafford Act, comes from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. It will help create 32 new isolation and treatment rooms for COVID-19 patients in the Mary Catherine Bunting Center at Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore. In March, the lawmakers swiftly requested and secured federal approval of Statewide Disaster Declaration for COVID-19 Pandemic, allowing emergency resources to be deployed to hospitals across Maryland. The Delegation previously announced $39.4 million in combined emergency funding to help MedStar Health and University of Maryland Medical System respond to COVID-19. ### | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |