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RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — Duke University Health System is requesting approval from the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services to help finance a new hospital and a new emergency department in Wake County, state officials said Thursday.
According to state officials, Duke Health filed two certificates of need with the NCDHHS.
In one certificate, according to the NCDHSS, Duke Health is seeking approval for a $619.2 million cost overrun to develop of Duke Cary Hospital, an upcoming 40-bed facility in Cary scheduled to be completed in July 2029.
Another certificate seeks approval for the development of Duke Garner Emergency Department, a freestanding emergency department in Garner expected to cost $32.3 million and be completed in December 2027, according to the NCDHHS.
State officials said a public hearing on the request to develop the Garner emergency department is scheduled for Aug. 17 at 10:30 a.m. in conference room L1-01210 at the NCDHHS Headquarters, 1915 Health Services Way in Raleigh.
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For more information about the Garner emergency department project, contact project analyst Chalice L. Moore by calling 919-855-4630 or emailing [email protected]
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A public hearing on the request for the cost overrun to develop the Cary hospital is scheduled for Aug. 18 at 10:30 a.m. in conference room L1-01215 at the NCDHHS Headquarters, according to state officials.
Contact project analyst Yolanda Jackson for more information about the Cary hospital project by calling 919-855-4630 or emailing [email protected]
Comments about either project may be emailed to [email protected] or physically mailed to Healthcare Planning and Certificate of Need Section Division of Health Service Regulation at 2704 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-2704.
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