ENERGIZE!, WakeMed’s community-based fitness and nutritional education program for teens and pre-teens, has been selected as one of three programs nationwide to qualify for recognition by the Department of Health & Human Services. We need your help to win this high-profile recognition. Please visit this web site to vote for ENERGIZE! Voters can only vote […]
Enjoy local farm-fresh foods for Mother’s Day Brunch at Market Restaurant to benefit the Farm It Forward program, a community supported agriculture (CSA) program for Wake County citizens who are working to improve their nutrition due to health concerns and who could use extra help financially to make these changes. Through Farm It Forward, needy […]
Although we will be celebrating throughout the year, yesterday (April 24) was the day WakeMed Raleigh Campus opened to patients 50 years ago in 1961. WRAL spoke with Dr. Atkinson and our longest tenured employee, Betty McGee, who has a mere 47 years of service under her belt. You can also learn more about WakeMed’s […]
This timelapsed video shot from the WakeMed Raleigh Campus Heart Center Helipad shows the April 16 tornado as it passes Yonkers Road, leaving destruction in its wake. Here’s the same timeframe timelapsed video as seen from the ground helipad in front of the Raleigh Campus Emergency Department.
WakeMed Health & Hospitals, Wake County’s only Level 1 Trauma Center, treated a total of 47 patients with storm-related injuries this past weekend among its five emergency departments in Raleigh, Cary, North Raleigh and Apex. Of these patients, 13 of patients remain in the hospital, two were transferred, and 32 have been treated and released. WakeMed is […]
WakeMed Health & Hospitals today submitted two Certificate of Need (CON) applications to add 101 beds in as identified in North Carolina’s 2011 State Medical Facilities Plan. WakeMed is proposing to add 79 acute care beds to Raleigh Campus and 22 acute care beds to Cary Hospital. Both Raleigh Campus and Cary Hospital currently operate […]
WakeMed Health & Hospitals is pleased to announce it is moving forward with plans to expand the existing WakeMed North Healthplex into Wake County’s fifth hospital – WakeMed North Hospital. WakeMed expects to break ground in Fall 2011. With an anticipated opening date of October 2013, WakeMed North Hospital will be a 61-bed acute care […]
On April 9, 1961, a dedication ceremony was held for Wake Memorial Hospital, and a legacy of care and caring for the Wake County community began. In 1955, the Wake County Board of Commissioners had asked the voters to authorize a $5 million bond issue to supply funds for construction of a general hospital system that […]
WakeMed Raleigh Campus and WakeMed Cary Hospital. the only Joint Commission certified Stroke Centers in Wake County, have received quality awards from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association. WakeMed Raleigh Campus received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Gold Performance Achievement and Gold Plus Quality Achievement Awards for exceptional performance for […]
Wake Orthopaedics physician Dr. Jonathan Chappell shared information with WRAL about whether or not stretching is beneficial before or after exercise. This story was an expansion of a previous blog posted on this site by Dr. Chappell.
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