Duke Regional Hospital (DRH), located in northern

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is a general-services

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that has been part of the

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since 1998. The hospital has 369 beds and over 500 physicians on the medical staff, and has a certified Level II Intensive Care Nursery.

History

The hospital opened to patients on October 3, 1976, as Durham County General Hospital, replacing the smaller

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and

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s, which closed on the same date. In 1998, an agreement with

was signed and the two officially began a 20-year partnership. On July 1, 2013, Durham Regional Hospital became renamed to Duke Regional Hospital as part of a marketing plan to rebrand its image. It is not a publicly funded hospital.

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