Raleigh - Cherry Hospital staff will begin transferring patients to the new state-operated psychiatric hospital in Goldsboro in late September. The new Cherry Hospital will boost the number of psychiatric beds by 116 and add 373 jobs in months following the transition from the older facility by the same name.

 

The Department of Health and Human Services received a Final Acceptance from the State Construction Office for the new Cherry Hospital on June 24. Staff are working through a transition plan that includes staff training and setting up departments in the new hospital.

 

The new Cherry Hospital is a single-structure, three-story building approximately 410,000 square feet. It is located at 1401 West Ash Street in Goldsboro and serves individuals in 38 counties in the eastern region of North Carolina.