- A legal settlement between UNC Health and Duke Health will lead to a new 102-bed hospital in southern Durham County.
- The two healthcare providers issued a statement Friday confirming plans for the UNC Hospitals Cary Campus. The settlement also will lead to more inpatient beds for Duke University Hospital.
- UNC, Duke, and the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services had been involved in a certificate-of-need dispute in Durham County that had reached the North Carolina Supreme Court.
A recent legal settlement between two of the Triangle’s major healthcare providers will lead to a new 102-bed hospital in southern Durham County by 2032. That’s according to a joint statement Friday from UNC Health and Duke Health.
The statement arrived one day after UNC Health and the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services filed a motion in the North Carolina Supreme Court to dismiss an appeal in a certificate-of-need dispute with Duke Health.
“UNC Health and Duke Health have mutually resolved all pending litigation surrounding the approval and development of the new UNC Hospitals Cary Campus facility in southern Durham County,” according to the statement emailed to Carolina Journal. “The UNC Hospitals Cary Campus facility will include 102 acute care beds and two operating rooms and is expected to open around Jan. 1, 2032. Duke University Hospital will be approved to develop additional inpatient beds to serve patient needs.”…