Duke Health, UNC Health fight for beds in North Carolina

Durham, N.C.-based Duke Health and Chapel Hill-based University of North Carolina Health are competing to add beds in the state, WUNC reported April 25. Duke wants to add 68 beds, the total the area needs, to its main hospital in Durham. UNC Health is proposing 34 additional beds to a hospital it’s planning in Research Triangle Park, UNC Hospitals-RTP. The Division of Health Services Regulation of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services can give partial approvals, meaning both systems could be approved for beds within the total 68 needed, according to the report.