GARNER, N.C. (WNCN) – A unique hospital specializing in mental health and acute care is coming to Garner.

WakeMed announced Thursday the construction of its new "whole health campus" in Garner.

It will feature a mental health and well-being hospital as well as an acute care hospital located at White Oak Road and Timber Drive East in Garner.

This is part of a larger 226-acre community consisting of various homes and businesses.

North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein joined healthcare leaders on Thursday morning to announce the project.

"Right now, one of the greatest challenges we face is when somebody is experiencing a mental health crisis in real time, people don't know where to go, where can they go to get help," Gov. Stein said. "This hospital is going to be a place with open doors where,

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