The Pinehurst, N.C.-based health system, and Cape Fear Valley Health System, based in Fayetteville, N.C. were previously both given approval to move forward with plans to build facilities in the county.
Cape Fear proposed a 41-bed hospital, which gained greater community support, than FirstHealth’s eight-bed hospital and surgery center proposal, according to the report.
A spokesperson for FirstHealth said in the report that if both health systems were to withdraw their appeals, both systems could move forward with construction.
Read the Fayetteville Observer’s report on FirstHealth’s certificate of need denial.
