Baystate Health, U.S. HealthVest partnering to build new behavioral health hospital
BARRY: BAYSTATE HEALTH IS PLANNING TO BUILD A BRAND NEW BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HOSPITAL IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS. 22NEWS REPORTER MIKE MASCIADRELLI JOINS US IN SPRINGFIELD TO TELL US THE MOTIVATION BEHIND THIS CONSTRUCTION PROJECT. MIKE MASCIADRELLI: BAYSTATE HEALTH WANTS TO BUILD A BIGGER HOSPITAL TO HELP THEM MEET THE NEEDS OF THEIR PATIENTS WITH BEHAVIORIAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS. BAYSTATE IS WORKING WITH US HEALTHVEST, A COMPANY THAT SPECIALIZES IN PSYCHIATRIC CARE, TO BUILD AND OPERATE A BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HOSPITAL IN WESTERN MASASCHUSETTS. THEY STILL HAVEN’T DETERMINED THE HOSPITAL’S LOCATION, BUT BAYSTATE SAID ONCE ITS BUILT, THE FACILITY WILL INCREASE THE CAPACITY OF THEIR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES BY MORE THAN 30 PERCENT. BAYSTATE SAID MANY OF THEIR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PATIENTS HAVEN’T BEEN ABLE TO RECEIVE NECESSARY SERVICES, BECAUSE THEIR HOSPITALS DON’T HAVE ENOUGH BEDS. DIANE REARDON: SOUTHWICK ALL OF THOSE HOPSITALS ARE FANTASTIC AROUND HERE WE NEED MORE LIKE THAT MORE CHILDREN AND OLDER PEOPLE SO I THINK ITS A FANTASTIC IDEA. MIKE : WHEN THE NEW HOSPITAL OPENS, ALL OF THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH UNITS AT THE BAYSTATE WING HOSPITAL, BAYSTATE FRNKLIN MEDICAL CENTER, AND BAYSTATE NOBLE HOPSITAL WILL CLOSE. BAYSTATE SAID ONCE A SITE IS DETERMINED, IT WILL TAKE TWO YEARS BEFORE THE NEW BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HOSPITAL IS OPERATIONAL. LIVE IN SPRINGFIELD, MM, 22NEWS.
Baystate Health announced Monday that they will partner with U.S. HealthVest to build a new behavioral health hospital in western Massachusetts.
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Worst hospital in history, more people die in this hospital than any other hospital .😔👎