NHRMC looks to build new $210M hospital
NEW HANOVER COUNTY, NC (WWAY) — New Hanover Regional Medical Center has submitted an application to build a new $210 million hospital in the northern part of the county near the Pender County line.
Chief Operating Officer Andre Boyd says the hospital would be close to 200,000 square feet with a total of 66 beds and eight operating rooms.
“We are very excited about this opportunity, we really think it’s going to help increase access to our community,” Boyd said.
It would be on the same property as NHRMC’s Emergency Department North and would be function primarily as an orthopedic hospital, replacing the current orthopedic hospital on Wrightsville Avenue in Wilmington. It will focus on things like knee and hip replacements.
“The first focus is going to be on general orthopedics, we still want to do all the tertiary care around trauma and any complex orthopedics around that here at the 17th Street campus,” Boyd said.
Boyd says the expansion is part of a 10-year master plan prompted by a growing population in that area.
So how do residents feel? Fred Lang, who lives in a developing neighborhood just behind the proposed site, has mixed feelings.
“I’m in favor of it, but not to the detriment of what it might cause traffic-wise in our community,” he said.
As to when the facility would be up and running, Boyd says it will depend on the application approval and finalization of NHRMC’s partnership with Novant Health.
“If that goes through we will get about an additional $3 billion in investments to be able to accelerate our 10 year master facility plan and one of those parts is Scotts Hill Hospital.”
Assuming the application is approved early next year, Boyd hopes the new facility can be completed in October 2024.
The application calls for 36 new beds and 30 beds relocated from the existing orthopedic hospital.
Click here to view the application record.
Here are some of the application documents:
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