State regulators have approved an additional 267 hospital beds for hospitals in Wake County, far below the 644 that were requested. They also rejected a request to build a new hospital.
The proposals were made in September.
WakeMed’s main campus in Raleigh received approval from the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) to add 164 acute care beds, which is expected to cost just under $430 million, to be completed in October 2032…