Wake County, N.C. Hospital, Doctors Fight for Operating Rooms

RALEIGH, N.C.—Five Wake County healthcare providers are vying for four operating rooms the state has allowed to be built, the Triangle Business Journal reported. Two WakeMed Health Hospitals, Blue Ridge Surgery Center, Southern Surgical Center and Orthopaedic Surgery Center of Raleigh have filed certificates of need with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services in hopes of attaining the four operating rooms The 2008 State Medical Facilities Plan suggested to be built. The decision as to which facility will get the operating rooms is set to be made in early 2009.