About WakeMed's Proposal:

On August 15, WakeMed submitted a certificate of need (CON) application to the North Carolina Division of Health Service Regulation (DHSR) to add 41 acute care beds at North Healthplex. A decision is expected by January 31, 2009. Acquiring these beds would allow WakeMed to transition North Healthplex into Wake County’s first and only full-service women’s hospital. The hospital would offer birthing, women’s services, and surgery, in addition to its existing emergency, imaging and laboratory services. The hospital would include 61 total acute care beds, which includes the 20 for which we have already received CON approval.


Friday, August 1, 2008

A New Women's Hospital: Just the Beginning

We hope to use this blog as a forum for active discussion and we appreciate your comments. A visitor recently posed the question, "Why a Women's Hospital?"

WakeMed is committed to meeting the needs of all Northern Wake County residents. We envision a medical campus at North that has several components.

Those services that exist today include Emergency Services, Ambulatory Surgery, Laboratory, Imaging, and Physical Rehabilitation. In the future we expect the campus to grow and add more programs and services. For the time being only 41 medical/surgical beds are in the State Medical Facilities Plan. We believe this is an ideal number to add to the existing approved 20 beds and create a 61-bed women's hospital.

As for the men in North Raleigh: stay tuned for future expansions and additions to the North Healthplex campus.
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