Duplin General Hospital is a hospital located in Kenansville

Kenansville, North Carolina

Kenansville is a town in Duplin County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 1,149 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Duplin County.-Geography:Kenansville is located at ....

, North Carolina

North Carolina

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. It is affiliated with the University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina

University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina

University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina is a non-profit hospital system made up of eight hospitals in 29 counties in Eastern North Carolina. UHS leases or owns seven and manages one hospital. It also includes physician practices, home health, hospice, wellness centers and other health care...

 (UHSEC).

History

The hospital opened in 1955 and added a nine-bed intensive care unit

Intensive Care Unit

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in the 1970s. The hospital added 55000 square feet (5,109.7 m²) in 1989.

Services

Duplin General Hospital has 61 general and 20 psychiatric hospital beds. It has 20 general nursing home beds and three Shared Inpatient/Ambulatory Surgery operating rooms.

External links

• Duplin General Hospital