Controversial North Carolina hospital project takes another step forward

Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist has taken a step forward in its controversial application for a new $246.5 million hosp...

April 19, 2023
4:22 AM

Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist has taken a step forward in its controversial application for a new $246.5 million hospital in Greensboro, N.C. A certificate-of-need process meeting was held April 18 to discuss the proposals, but nothing definitive came out of it, according to an Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist spokesperson. The proposed hospital hasn't been welcomed by Greensboro-based Cone Health, which has urged the North Carolina Department of Health to deny Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist's certificate-of-need request.

Nick Thomas