Spotlight Where to live? North Carolina teen, hospital unable to agree on care arrangements RICHARD CRAVER Winston-Salem (North Carolina) Journal Mar 9, 2024 Mar 9, 2024 0 × WATCH: Reporter Richard Craver talks with Alexis Ratcliff via Zoom from her room at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Hospital. 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