East Carolina Heart Institute moves one step closer

GREENVILLE, N.C. (3/31/06 ) --
The East Carolina Heart Institute took a giant step today when officials broke ground for the new $60 million cardiac research and treatment center at East Carolina University.

"The East Carolina Heart Institute will be another jewel in the crown of this world-renowned medical community," said Sen. Elizabeth Dole, who joined ECU Chancellor Steve Ballard; Dr. W. Randolph Chitwood Jr., who will serve as director of the new center; Dave McRae, chief executive of University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina, the parent of Pitt County Memorial Hospital; Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue and others on a sunny, windy and festive spring afternoon.

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