Duke Health and UNC Health have Partnered to Build a Freestanding Children’s Hospital

CHICAGO – April 2nd, 2025 – UNC Health and Duke Health, two of the world’s top academic health systems, are uniting to create a new children’s health system in North Carolina, featuring the state’s only freestanding hospital dedicated to caring for kids.  Plans for NC Children’s feature a 500-bed children’s hospital, a children’s outpatient care center and a children’s behavioral health center.

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Kaufman Hall

Kaufman Hall served as strategic and financial advisor to Duke Health