Duke Regional Hospital | |
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Geography | |
Location | 3643 N Roxboro St. Durham, 27704, North Carolina, United States |
Organization | |
Care system | Public/Private |
Hospital type | General |
Affiliated university | Duke University Health System, Watts School of Nursing |
Services | |
Emergency department | Not a Trauma Center |
Beds | 369 Licensed Beds |
History | |
Founded | 1976 |
Links | |
Website | http://www.dukeregional.org/ |
Lists | Hospitals in North Carolina |
Duke Regional Hospital (DRH), located in northern Durham, North Carolina is a general-services hospital that has been part of the Duke University Health System since 1998. The hospital has 369 beds and over 500 physicians on the medical staff, and has a certified Level II Intensive Care Nursery.
The hospital opened to patients on October 3, 1976, as Durham County General Hospital, replacing the smaller Lincoln and Watts Hospitals, which closed on the same date.
In 1998, an agreement with Duke University Health System was signed and the two officially began a 20-year partnership.
On November 6, 2012, one patient was killed and three others were slightly injured in a fire on the sixth floor of the hospital.
On July 1, 2013, Durham Regional Hospital officially changed its name to Duke Regional Hospital as part of a marketing plan to rebrand its image.
Coordinates: 36°2′12.36″N 78°54′0.58″W / 36.0367667°N 78.9001611°W