3 Hospital Projects Vie for Approval

RALEIGH — Bold may be better if you’re trying to bring new medical services to fast-growing Wake County. WakeMed wants to build the county’s first women’s hospital in North Raleigh. Novant Health proposes a community hospital in Holly Springs to improve health care in the southern part of the county. Rex wants to expand on its main Raleigh campus. But regulators, based on growth projections, have approved just 41 new hospital beds for Wake County, so only one hospital has a chance of getting what it wants.