Rally to Save Dorothea Dix Hospital in Raleigh, NC The National Alliance on Mental Illness – Wake County with a diverse network of concerned community partners is holding a rally to protest the closing of Dorothea Dix Hospital in Raleigh, NC. Dorothea Dix Hospital was built in the mid 1800s.

The Associated Press RALEIGH The leader of the new state mental hospital in Butner says plans to transfer patients there from aging Dorothea Dix Hospital in Raleigh should move ahead. The state said Wednesday that the interim Central Regional Hospital director made the recommendation this week.

By Lynn Bonner, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C. Jul. 30--The new state mental hospital in Butner, open for about a week, already has more male patients than it can handle in its admissions wards.

By Michael Biesecker, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C. Jul. 22--RALEIGH -- The first patients were moved into a new state mental hospital in Butner on Monday, ending nearly a year of worries and delays about when the $130 million facility would open.

By Michael Biesecker, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C. Jul. 16--RALEIGH -- Dempsey Benton didn't take long to decide.