If you need medical attention when the Abrons Student Health Center (SHC) is closed:

If you have an emergency, call 911 to access EMS, or proceed to an emergency department (ED). The closest ED is at Cape Fear Hospital, 5301 Wrightsville Avenue. A larger ED/hospital/trauma center is at New Hanover Regional Medical Center, 2131 S. 17th Street. See directions below.

If you have an urgent problem, proceed to a local urgent care center (see list below) or to a local emergency department as appropriate.

If you are uncertain what to do about an urgent medical problem, call Vitaline at (910) 332-8021 to obtain medical advice from a registered nurse. This number automatically identifies you as a UNCW student. Feedback from the call will be sent by fax to the SHC the same day, facilitating follow-up at the SHC if needed.

Cape Fear Hospital

5301 Wrightsville Avenue, (910) 452-8100

• Exit the front of campus onto College Road, heading south (toward Carolina Beach). Turn left on Wrightsville Avenue (about 1 mile). Proceed 1.3 miles, Cape Fear Hospital is on your left, follow the direction signs to the Emergency Department.
• Or take Hamilton Rd., left on N. MacMillan Ave., left on Wrightsville, ED is 1 mile on the left
• Or take Riegel Rd. to Rose Ave., turn right at dead-end onto Rose,  0.25 miles turn left at dead-end onto Wrightsville Ave.,  ED is 0.2 miles on left

New Hanover Regional Medical Center (NHRMC),

2131 S. 17th Street, (910) 343-7000

• Exit the front of campus onto College Road, heading south (toward Carolina Beach). Go approximately 2 miles, veer right onto Shipyard Boulevard, go 1.9 miles, turn right onto 17th Street. NHRMC is on the right, just under 1 mile. Follow the direction signs to the Emergency Department.

Urgent Care Centers:

Medac ~ Shipyard

4402 Shipyard Boulevard
Wilmington, NC 28403

        Phone (910)791-0075

        Fax (910)791-9674

Medac ~ Military

1442 Military Cutoff Road

Wilmington, NC 28403

        Phone (910)256-6088

        Fax (910)-256-6089

Medac ~ Porter’s Neck

8115 Market Street

Wilmington, NC 28411

        Phone (910)686-1972

        Fax (910)686-2129

NextCare Urgent Care

4815 Oleander Drive
Wilmington, NC 28403

        Phone (910)452-1111  

        Fax(910)452-5897

Port City Urgent Care

706 S. College Road

Wilmington, NC 28403

        Phone (910)798-2212

        Fax(910)-798-2242

Urgent Care of Wilmington

1135 Military Cutoff Road

Wilmington, NC

        Phone(910)256-6222

        Fax(910)256-0011