UNC Hospitals is the cornerstone of UNC Health Care. People from all 100 North Carolina counties and throughout the Southeast are patients at the 688-bed facility - more than 27,000 each year. And more than 2,500 new Tar Heels are born each year at UNC Hospitals. This year new babies and their families were welcomed in the new N.C. Children\'s Hospital and N.C. Women\'s Hospital, state-of-the-art facilities designed to offer high-quality health care in a comfortable, family-friendly environment.