Local Business Owners Donate To Howard County General Hospital

COLUMBIA, MD — Local business entrepreneuers Cyndi and Ron Gula have donated $500,000 to Howard County General Hospital to be used toward the medical provider's $45 million renovation and addition. The Gulas are co-founders of the Columbia-based cybersecurity company Tenable.

The couple, who live and work in Howard County, have special ties to the hospital. They decided to donate after learning that the hospital was falling short of the money it needs to complete the project. So far Howard County General Hospital has raised $9.2 million. The capital campaign has two years left to raise the remaining $5.8 million.

“Our children were born at Howard County General Hospital, so we always had a connection,” Cyndi Gula said in a statement. “But it wasn’t until we learned about the hospital’s critical need for philanthropy that we considered the impact our support would have on health and wellness in Howard County."

The hospital's project includes a two-story addition with a new emergency room entrance, inpatient psychiatry unit and patient observation unit, as well as renovations to existing space. Construction began in 2017 and will be completed at the end of this year, the Baltimore Business Journal reported.