More than three months after postponing a decision on whether to support WakeMed’s merger with Atrium Health, the Wake County Board of Commissioners will hold a hearing Monday to learn what the public thinks.
The hearing will take place at 2 p.m. Aug. 17 in Room 2700 of the Wake County Justice Center in downtown Raleigh. People can sign up in advance to speak starting 9 a.m. Monday at boccomment.wake.gov/.
WakeMed announced plans to join Charlotte-based Atrium Health in early May, saying that becoming part of a larger nonprofit corporation would give WakeMed the capital it needs to update and expand its hospitals in Wake County…