View Full Version : Kentucky-based company plans to build 72-bed mental health hospital



Plutonic Panda
12-18-2014, 09:03 AM
"Over the next two years, Oklahoma City could see an increase of about 140 treatment beds for adults suffering from mental health and substance abuse issues.

That news comes after officials from Springstone LLC, a Kentucky-based company, confirmed plans to build Oakwood Springs, a 72-bed adult mental health and substance abuse treatment hospital in northwest Oklahoma City.

Additionally, a Pennsylvania-based company plans to reopen a mental health hospital in Bethany that previously was operated by Deaconess Hospital, a Bethany city official said Wednesday.

For the Springstone project, the Oklahoma City Council on Monday approved the company’s planned unit development. The hospital would be built at 520 W John Kilpatrick Service Road.

Earl Reed, Springstone CEO, said the company chose to come to Oklahoma because of “a tremendous unmet need.” “If you look at the bed count per 100,000 of the population that you’ve got in Oklahoma City, there’s one free-standing facility in the entire city,” Reed said.

Springstone was founded in 2010 in Louisville, Ky., by “seasoned veteran healthcare executives,” according to the company’s website. The company operates similar facilities in Ohio, Indiana, Texas and Kansas, which range in size from 45 beds to 72 beds."

- Citing 'tremendous need,' Kentucky-based company plans to build 72-bed mental health hospital in Oklahoma City | News OK (http://newsok.com/citing-tremendous-need-kentucky-based-company-plans-to-build-72-bed-mental-health-hospital-in-oklahoma-city/article/5376832)

Laramie
12-18-2014, 05:08 PM
Much needed facility to serve what is to be a major national concern (mental disabilities).

A facility of this caliber is long overdue for the OKC area to help relieve the overload taken on by hospitals & centers like Griffin Memorial Hospital, St. Anthony’s Behavioral Medicine Center, Integris Mental Health Center and others .

Does anyone remember Corn Camel which is now Willow View in the Oklahoma City area?

kevinpate
12-18-2014, 07:11 PM
Definitely nice to hear about.

Plutonic Panda
12-19-2014, 11:21 PM
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