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UNC Health Care
N.C. Memorial Hospital and N.C. Children's Hospital
Shown within North Carolina
Location
Place	Chapel Hill, North Carolina (US)
Coordinates	35°55′N 79°03′W / 35.91, -79.05
Organization
Care System	Non-profit
Hospital Type	Teaching
Affiliated University	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Services
Emergency Dept.	Level I
Beds	708
Speciality	Cancer care
History
Founded	1952 (N.C. Memorial Hospital)
Links
Website	UNC Health Care Homepage
See also	Hospitals in the United States Hospitals in North Carolina

Founded as North Carolina Memorial Hospital, UNC Health Care is a non-profit medical system owned by the State of North Carolina and primarily located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. It was organized in 1952 as the medical school of the University of North Carolina. In 1989, the North Carolina General Assembly reorganized the hospital and specialty clinics, naming them UNC Hospitals, bringing them under state control.

Today, UNC Hospitals is a 708 bed medical center and is one of three level I referral centers for the triangle region of North Carolina, along with Duke University Medical Center in nearby Durham and Wake Medical Center in Raleigh. Construction of the North Carolina Cancer Hospital was begun in October 2005 to expand upon the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center. Upon completion in 2009, the hospital will provide 50 inpatient beds in addition to outpatient clinics.

UNC Hospitals consists of the following facilities:

Name	Opened
N.C. Memorial Hospital	1952
N.C. Children's Hospital	2002
N.C. Women's Hospital	2002
N.C. Cancer Hospital	Expected 2009
N.C Neurosciences Hospital	1995

UNC Health Care also has locations in Wake County as part of the Rex Healthcare system.

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