The Triangle’s preeminent healthcare systems announced a major partnership on Tuesday to help advance a $2 billion health campus and stand-alone children’s hospital for North Carolina. UNC Health and the Duke University Health System are teaming up to establish NC Children’s, a comprehensive children’s health campus aiming to provide a “higher volume of specialized pediatric care” and help families in North Carolina remain local when seeking complex health care for their kids. The project will be a private, tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization, according to the filings made to North Carolina by the pair of healthcare systems, and expands the vision for the children’s hospital first announced by UNC Health in September 2023. A site in the Triangle for NC Children’s is not yet confirmed, according to Tuesday’s announcement, but the plan is to have a 100-acre campus of facilities dedicated to pediatric health and anchored by a roughly 500-bed children’s hospital. Beyond treatment, the camp...