State health regulators approved plans for two new hospitals in southeastern North Carolina, the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services said Tuesday.
Columbus Regional Healthcare System and Novant Health want to build facilities 7 miles apart near the Brunswick-Columbus county line on U.S. 74.
Columbus Regional’s plan calls for a 30-bed hospital in the unincorporated Delco community. Novant Health plans to build a 20-bed facility in the fast-growing Brunswick County town of Leland…