Healthcare is one of the fastest growing sectors in Beaufort, South Carolina. In fact, its progressiveness is very impressive, in proportion to the size of the city. Each doctor who has received accreditation to practice at Beaufort Memorial Hospital, has received board certification for one or more specialties. Furthermore, the number of doctors in the hospital has doubled during the past decade. A partnership with Duke University avails of the school’s medical expertise and skills, to improve Memorial Hospital’s ability to develop local heart and cancer centers. Beaufort residents themselves raised $10 million to help fund the Beaufort Heart Center and the Beaufort Cancer Center. These centers added a catherization lab radiation therapy to the services of Beaufort Memorial Hospital.