The Dorothea Dix Hospital is slated to close in early 2008 as mental patients are transferred to another facility. State and local officials are also debating what to do with the 306-acre Dix campus south of downtown Raleigh.
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Health worker: Butner hospital opening is ‘heading for a train wreck’
Workers said the new hospital, Central Regional in Butner, will be understaffed and dangerous.
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Dorothea Dix Workers Say Working Conditions Pose Danger
Workers say understaffing is creating unsafe conditions at Dorothea Dix Hospital, and those will only get worse when the new hospital in Butner opens.
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Group: State Discharges Mental Patients Without Planning
An advocacy group for the disabled claimed Tuesday that the state Division of Mental Health is discharging patients from psychiatric hospitals without proper planning.
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State Must Report All Deaths at Mental Health Facilities
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.
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What Will Become of the Dorothea Dix Property?
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.
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State Postpones Closing Dorothea Dix
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.
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Dix Patient: Move to Butner Will Be 'Major Disaster'
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.
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Dix Patients Expected to Be Moved by End of February
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.
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Politics Could Delay Dix Decision for 2 Years
What happens to the Dorothea Dix Hospital campus could be unknown for some time, officials said Friday.
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Group Offers $7 Million to Develop Park on Dix Land
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.
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Raleigh Mayor Pressing State Lawmakers to Sell Land
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.
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Future of Dix Property Remains Uncertain
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.
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Wake Mayors Support Park on Dix Land
The Wake County Mayors Association voted Friday in favor of a plan that would transform the Dorothea Dix campus to an urban park.
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Race to a Decision on Dix: Easley Jumps to Early Lead
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.
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Panel Supports Recommendation for Dix Campus
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.
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Another Plan Broached for Dorothea Dix Land
Another idea for the future use of the Dorothea Dix campus was expected to be introduced at Tuesday night's City Council meeting.