Raleigh: Health Care

The Raleigh area offers world-class care and state-of-theart technology in the health field, in part because of the proximity of nearby pharmaceutical, nursing, and medical schools at the University of North Carolina and Duke University at Durham. Raleigh itself is served by 518.4 physicians per 100,000 people. Wake Medical Center, a major medical and referral facility for the state, offers a top-rate heart program, a trauma center, a neuroscience unit, and neonatal intensive care. Wake is the flagship for a five-hospital private, nonprofit system totaling 752 beds, which includes four community facilities and a 45-bed rehabilitation hospital. Rex Hospital, a not-for-profit facility, has specialized centers for cancer, obstetrics, and same-day surgery. Its 388-bed facility encompasses a home healthcare division and a convalescent center, as well as the Rex Wellness Center. Part of the Duke University Health System, Duke Health Raleigh Hospital is a 186-bed acute care facility. Mental health and addiction treatment programs are the focus of Dorothea Dix Hospital, Holly Hill, and Charter Hospital. Located within 30 miles of the city are a Veteran's Administration Hospital and Lenox Baker Children's Hospital, as well as North Carolina Memorial Hospital in Chapel Hill.