MEBANE, N.C. — State officials have approved a certificate of need application to allow Cone Health to build a new $250 million hospital in Mebane.

According to Cone Health officials, the hospital will sit at 103 Medical Park Drive, next to Cone Health MedCenter Mebane. The new facility will be over 161,000 square feet and will feature the following:

46 acute care beds

15 emergency department bays

3 general operating rooms

1 C-section operating room

2 procedure rooms

3 obstetric labor, delivery, recovery beds

7 observation beds

Imaging, ancillary and support services

Cone Health says this new hospital should alleviate issues where residents have to take long trips along I-40/I-85 for hospital services.

"We’re thrilled to see this project move forward,” Alamance Regional Medical

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