About the Organization
Cherry Hospital is an inpatient regional referral psychiatric hospital located in Goldsboro, North Carolina, United States. As one of three psychiatric hospitals operated by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, it provides services to 38 counties in the eastern region of North Carolina. It is part of the Division of State Operated Healthcare Facilities within the Department of Health and Human Services, which oversees and manages 14 state-operated healthcare facilities that treat adults and children with mental illness, developmental disabilities, and substance use disorders. The Division's psychiatric hospitals provide comprehensive inpatient mental health services to people with psychiatric illness who cannot be safely treated at a lower level of care.
About the Community
Cherry Hospital serves those with the fewest resources and the greatest needs. The hospital is located in Goldsboro, NC, home of Seymour Johnson Airforce Base. Goldsboro is located about half way between New Bern and Raleigh, NC in a beautiful agricultural area. It is a little less than an hour's drive to the heart of Raleigh, the state Capital.