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The Dorothea Dix Hospital was slated to close in early 2008 as mental patients are transferred to another facility. State and local officials are debated what to do with the 306-acre Dix campus south of downtown Raleigh.
Most of the patients at Dorothea Dix Hospital will be moved to other facilities by Dec. 23, and the hospital could close its doors as early as next fall, the Department of Health and Human Services says.
The state Department of Health and Human Services said Tuesday that it would move most operations from Dorothea Dix Hospital to other facilities by the end of the year to save money.
The Department of Health and Human Services said Thursday that it plans to relocate the remaining children and adolescents at Dorothea Dix Hospital to a new state mental hospital by the end of June.
Employees of the Dorothea Dix Hospital received notice Wednesday that about 300 positions will be eliminated with the planned move of patients from the downtown Raleigh facility to the new Central Regional Hospital in Butner.
Eight adolescent patients at Dorothea Dix Hospital in Raleigh were moved Thursday to the state's new $130 million mental health facility in Butner.
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services will ask a judge next month to lift a temporary restraining order that prohibits the state from moving patients to the state's newest mental hospital.
Patients at the Raleigh mental health facility were to move to a new state facility last October but a judge issued a temporary restraining order.
Dick Jenrette, the co-founder of Wall Street investment bank Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, has pledged his support for a plan to convert the Dorothea Dix Hospital campus to a destination park.
The state facility in Raleigh formerly known as Dorothea Dix Hospital will continue to provide limited care for the mentally ill for three years.
In a statement, the Department of Health and Human Services said it has agreed with a disability rights advocacy group to postpone a hearing scheduled for Oct. 6.
Disabilities Right North Carolina is asking a judge to delay the transfer of 170 patients from Dorothea Dix Hospital to a new state psychiatric hospital in Butner.
The co-director of the state's mental health system is responding to concerns from doctors wanting to delay a controversial transfer of patients from Dorothea Dix Hospital.
The head of Central Regional Hospital in Butner says the state should begin the transfer despite a Catch 22 situation created by a law passed this year.
Brad Dean, a spokesman for the Department of Health and Human Services, said that about 110 patients were transferred from John Umstead Hospital in Butner to Central Regional Hospital.
North Carolina's new mental health facility in Butner has been mired in controversy and safety concerns, but hospital officials said Thursday that it's ready to open.
Workers said the new hospital, Central Regional in Butner, will be understaffed and dangerous.
Workers say understaffing is creating unsafe conditions at Dorothea Dix Hospital, and those will only get worse when the new hospital in Butner opens.
An advocacy group for the disabled claimed Tuesday that the state Division of Mental Health is discharging patients from psychiatric hospitals without proper planning.
Gov. Mike Easley says patients are dying in North Carolina's psychiatric hospitals and that needs to stop. In response, new guidelines require all deaths in state-operated mental-health facilities to be reported to the medical examiner's office.
If Dorothea Dix Hospital closes May 1 and its patients move to a new mental-health facility in Butner, hundreds of acres of rolling hills near downtown Raleigh will need a new purpose.
The state's top health official announced Thursday he is delaying closing Raleigh's Dorothea Dix Hospital and the opening of a new mental health facility in Butner.
A spokesman for patients at Dorthea Dix in Raleigh said the move to a new facility in Butner will be a major disaster for them.
A legislative oversight committee met Wednesday to detail what will happen with patients when Dorothea Dix Hospital closes next year and patients are moved to a new facility in Butner.
What happens to the Dorothea Dix Hospital campus could be unknown for some time, officials said Friday.
A group of private supporters on Thursday pledged $7 million to help Raleigh transform the Dorothea Dix Hospital property into a massive park near downtown.
In a move that could push state lawmakers to make up their minds, the City of Raleigh plans to publicly announce an offer to purchase the Dorothea Dix campus from the state at a news conference Thursday morning.
City and state leaders are still trying to decide what to do with the Dorothea Dix property. A public meeting will be held Monday to discuss options for the land in Raleigh.
The Wake County Mayors Association voted Friday in favor of a plan that would transform the Dorothea Dix campus to an urban park.
The governor's budget includes money to start on a "green" state office for mental health employees on part of the land the city is hoping to buy.
A legislative panel on Monday chose to support a list of recommendations to help craft legislation on the future of Raleigh's Dorothea Dix Hospital property.
Another idea for the future use of the Dorothea Dix campus was expected to be introduced at Tuesday night's City Council meeting.
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