Renovated Hampstead mental wellness facility will quickly open to young sufferers in NH

The renovated Hampstead Hospital, now named East Acres at Hampstead and set up to give psychiatric care for youngsters, is anticipated to open to sufferers subsequent week.

The state bought the hospital with federal help. State wellness officials mentioned the 12-bed facility is anticipated to welcome its 1st overnight sufferers Tuesday. It really is meant to give higher-level mental heath care that young sufferers would otherwise want to travel out of state to acquire.

Although celebrating the launch of the new hospital, Gov. Chris Sununu acknowledged there is nevertheless perform to do to strengthen the state’s mental wellness technique.

“It does not matter how considerably dollars you make, what colour you are, no matter if you are male or female, it does not matter,” Sununu mentioned. “It can come about to anyone, at any time, at any time of the day, and so as a state, we just want to be confident these kinds of solutions are offered.”

The new facility’s anticipated to alleviate the quantity of sufferers waiting in ERs for psychiatric care. The state lately announced plans to finish that practice inside two years, soon after a federal judge mentioned they necessary to do so in one particular year.

On Friday, Sununu mentioned he’s not confident the court’s timeline is realistic but the state will perform to comply.

As of May possibly 26, 15 youngsters had been waiting for psychiatric care in New Hampshire, according to a state dashboard, although 15 beds had been unavailable due to renovations and 16 due to staffing.