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Now, in the twenty-first century, residents
and visitors have access to more sophisticated health care and
state-of-the-art technology and are no longer forced to travel inland
for treatment of serious illness or injury. In New Hanover County, more
than 500 practicing physicians in a wide range of medical and surgical
specialties now utilize some of the most technologically progressive
facilities and equipment in the state through the New Hanover Health
Network. This network, the primary source of healthcare in the Greater
Wilmington area, comprises three formerly independent hospitals — New
Hanover Regional Medical Center, Cape Fear Hospital and Pender Memorial
Hospital — as well as two facilities located on the medical center's
campus — Coastal Rehabilitation Hospital and The Oaks Behavioral Health
Hospital. Affiliate agencies include New Hanover Regional Medical Center
Emergency Medical Services, Pender Home Health, Lower Cape Fear Hospice
& LifeCareCenter and the New Hanover Regional Medical Center Foundation.
This far-reaching partnership enlarges and enhances the region's overall
healthcare capabilities through upgraded and expanded facilities, more
options in a range of medical and surgical specialties and improved
access to healthcare. Although smaller in size,
Brunswick County's two hospitals — Brunswick Community Hospital and
Dosher Memorial Hospital — offer a wide range of services from general
medicine and round-the-clock emergency room physicians to
medical/surgical specialties and community healthcare affiliates. When
necessary, medical care beyond the scope of their services is referred
to Wilmington's larger hospitals. Residents and vacationers along the
Brunswick beaches will find these smaller hospitals more convenient and
an excellent source when medical attention is needed.
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The
southern coast's excellent healthcare
facilities and services — a result of rapid growth, increased
development and a booming retirement population in North Carolina's
southern coastal region — rival those in larger cities. However, that
hasn't always been the case and, as recently as 25 years ago, residents
sought advanced medical treatment in larger university medical centers
or metropolitan hospitals.
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