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==Healthcare== The primary healthcare provider in Elizabeth City is [[Albemarle Hospital|Sentara Albemarle Medical Center]], a 182-bed regional medical center and part of the Sentara Healthcare system. Owned and formally operated by [[Pasquotank County, North Carolina|Pasquotank County]], Albemarle Hospital has been in operation since 1914,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.albemarlehealth.org/about-us/our-history/|title=Sentara Albemarle Medical Center - Sentara Healthcare|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131006214848/http://www.albemarlehealth.org/about-us/our-history/|archive-date=October 6, 2013}}</ref> relocating to its current location in 1960. In 2008, the Albemarle Health system came under the day-to-day management of [[Greenville, North Carolina|Greenville]]-based [[Vidant Health]], although ownership and most executive decisions remained with the county. Starting in October 2012, the county began soliciting offers for affiliation with neighboring healthcare systems in order to cement Albemarle Hospital's position as the region's major medical facility. Limitations in some services and specialty providers had caused many prospective patients to seek services in the [[Hampton Roads]] or [[Greenville, North Carolina|Greenville]] metro areas, leading to steady erosion of operating margins. Affiliation with a larger health organization would also provide increased buying power, improvements in equipment and facility investment as well as entice additional physicians to the area.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ahfuture.org/faqs/|title=Sentara Healthcare - Your Community Not-For-Profit Health Provider - Sentara Healthcare|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130527073947/http://ahfuture.org/faqs/|archive-date=May 27, 2013}}</ref> By January 2013 the board had received strong offers from then-current manager [[Vidant Health]] as well as [[Norfolk, Virginia|Norfolk]]-based [[Sentara Healthcare]] and [[Brentwood, Tennessee]]-based Duke-LifePoint Health, itself a partnership between [[Durham, North Carolina|Durham]]-based [[Duke University Health System]] and Brentwood-based [[LifePoint Hospitals]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ahfuture.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Request%20for%20Proposals%20for%20Affiliation%20Arrangement%20for%20Albemarle%20Health.PDF|title=Sentara Healthcare - Your Community Not-For-Profit Health Provider - Sentara Healthcare|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130617213722/http://ahfuture.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Request%20for%20Proposals%20for%20Affiliation%20Arrangement%20for%20Albemarle%20Health.PDF|archive-date=June 17, 2013}}</ref> A 100-year management agreement for operation of the Albemarle Health system was reached with [[Sentara Healthcare]], becoming effective on March 1, 2014, with Sentara committing to streamline patient care as well as make substantial investments in the physical building itself. Currently a brand new Sentara Albemarle Medical Center is being built on Halstead Boulevard Extended with an expected opening in the fall of 2025. Plans for the current hospital and surrounding property is unknown at this time.
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