Dix to move to CRH in October

Indicators are very strong - including an announcement at a CRH Department Heads' meeting this week - that DMH will try to move Dix to CRH in October.

Of course, one of the reasons for building CRH was to consolidate two hospitals into one, to save the costs of operating two different hospitals. When the dust settles, DMH will have patients at three different sites, since patients will continue to be at the old JUH and at Dix, as well as at CRH.

Mayor McCrory has made clear that he wants this decision left to the next Administration. Lt. Gov. Perdue wants the move to wait until CRH meets accreditation standards. Understandably, the lame duck administration wants to finish as much of its agenda as it can before December 31. The question is how many of the options the next Governor might want to have on the table will be taken off the table by the outgoing administration.