New Hanover Regional Medical Center (NHRMC) was opened in 1967. Today it is a 628 bed teaching hospital and regional referral center. New Hanover Regional Medical Center offers specialty medical and surgical care, which includes freestanding rehabilitation and psychiatric hospitals and one of 10 trauma centers in the state certified at Level II or above. More than 69,662 people visit the hospital and approximately 3,912 births are giving each year. With its staff of 3,487 New Hanover Regional Medical Center offers the following services: four adult intensive care units, open heart surgery, neonatal intensive care unit, accredited teaching cancer program, surgical step down unit, and vascular operating room.

Cape Fear Hospital opened in February 2000 as a Fear Orthopaedic Specialty Center. The board-certified trained nurses, technicians and surgeons specialize in orthopedic surgery. The center includes specialists in hand, foot, ankle, and spine, as well as arthroscopic surgeries, sports medicine and joint replacement. Inpatient and outpatient surgical services for patients with problems with their muscles, joints, bones, ligaments, tendons and nerves are available. More than 5,081 admissions are received a year along with 26,256 ER visits. Other services include a 24-hour Emergency Department, inpatient and outpatient surgery, Endoscopy, respiratory therapy, rehabilitation medicine, radiology services, and laboratory services.

Contact information:

New Hanover Regional Medical Center
2131 South 17th Street
Wilmington, NC 28401
Phone: (910) 343-7000

Cape Fear Hospital
5301 Wrightsville Ave.
Wilmington, NC 28403
Phone: (910) 452-8100

Coastal Rehabilitation Hospital
2131 S.17th Street
Wilmington, NC 28401
Phone: (910) 343-7845