page_title: UNC Medical Center
section_title: North Carolina Memorial Hospital
hierarchical_section_title: UNC Medical Center / North Carolina Memorial Hospital
caption_attribution_description: English: UNC Hospitals Emergency Room, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
context_page_description: UNC Medical Center is a 905-bed non-profit, public, research and academic medical center located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, providing tertiary care for the Research Triangle, surrounding areas and North Carolina. The medical center is a part of the UNC Health Care Health System and is made up of four hospitals that include the North Carolina Memorial Hospital, North Carolina Children's Hospital, North Carolina Neurosciences Hospital, North Carolina Women's Hospital, and the North Carolina Cancer Hospital. UNCMC is affiliated with the University of North Carolina School of Medicine. UNCMC features an ACS designated adult and pediatric Level 1 Trauma Center and has a helipad to handle medevac patients.
context_section_description: The first hospital in what later became known as UNC Hospitals and the UNC Health Care System was North Carolina Memorial Hospital, which opened on Sept. 2, 1952. North Carolina Memorial Hospital is the largest hospital in the medical center featuring 803 beds. The hospital also includes an adult Level 1 Trauma Center, Burn Center, and Stroke Center that treat over 70,000 patients annually.
  In 2019 it was announced that a new 7 story, 335,000 ft² tower would be built on the UNC medical center campus at a cost of $257 million. The new addition is set to house 24 operating rooms and dedicates 2 floors to 56 new ICU beds. The addition will also include reception areas on each floor and offices for staff.
caption: UNC Memorial Hospital Emergency Department
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