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UNC Health Blue Ridge

Burke County

Healthtcare

UNC Health Blue Ridge has made significant upgrades at its hospitals in
Morganton and Valdese in an unprecedented healthcare expansion called Project
Forward: Your Hospital, Your Future.

ith the $156 million investment into a CT Simulator, and Superficial X-ray. The UNC We have specially trained surgeons and nurses to
both campuses, it’s all about placing Health Blue Ridge Cancer Center treats many take care of these trauma patients.
transformative technologies and local types of cancer and blood disorders, including
Whealthcare to benefit not only Burke cancers of the breast, lung, prostate, colon, UNC Health Blue Ridge is a not-for-profit
County but the entire mountain region. bladder, and lymphatic system. community healthcare system, providing advanced
healthcare and wellness services from more
The new UNC Health Blue Ridge Cancer Center UNC Health Blue Ridge is in the process than 40 locations across a three-county region
in Valdese opened in 2023 and has revitalized of becoming a Level III Trauma Hospital, of western North Carolina. The system includes
our community. The center features new infusion an advanced service that means more one hospital with two locations and a continuing
therapy and treatment areas with private and trauma patients may be able to stay local for care retirement community. It is affiliated with
open spaces, radiation and chemotherapy exam treatment instead of being transferred outside UNC Health System, an integrated healthcare
rooms, and consultation spaces. Cutting-edge the area. Less travel means less stress for our system owned by the state of North Carolina
equipment includes two new Linear Accelerators, patient families. and headquartered in Chapel Hill. The health
system’s key services reflect the community’s
more prominent medical issues: heart disease,
cancer, digestive diseases, bone and joint disease,
Construction is now complete at the diabetes, and women’s health.
UNC Health Blue Ridge - Morganton
campus on the six-story ICU/ER patient
tower with a new emergency department,
ambulance bay, and 30 critical care beds.
The top three floors are value-added to
embrace new technologies and critical
care centers as they develop. A helipad
on the roof accelerates the capabilities Visit unchealthblueridge.org
of the hospital to address critical care or the Chamber’s Member Directory
patient deliveries. for names and addresses of associated
medical facilities and providers.

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