Post by Logan on Mar 26, 2016 3:25:49 GMT -6
A temporary psychiatric facility in Middlesex was originally supposed to close down at the beginning of this year, but administration officials are now asking town leaders to let it stay there until 2020.
The seven-bed facility opened after Tropical Storm Irene flooded the state’s only psychiatric hospital in Waterbury, and it was meant to be a stopgap, pending construction of more permanent facilities.
But Commissioner of Mental Health Frank Reed says the Legislature has since asked his department to consider expanding the size and scope of the permanent secure residential facility that will replace the temporary one in Middlesex. Reed says lawmakers have also asked the department to evaluate the prospect of a partnering on the project with a private company.
“So in that context, it has slowed the process somewhat in order to do these different kinds of evaluations that have been requested,” said Reed.
Read more: www.timesargus.com/article/20160326/NEWS01/160329708
The seven-bed facility opened after Tropical Storm Irene flooded the state’s only psychiatric hospital in Waterbury, and it was meant to be a stopgap, pending construction of more permanent facilities.
But Commissioner of Mental Health Frank Reed says the Legislature has since asked his department to consider expanding the size and scope of the permanent secure residential facility that will replace the temporary one in Middlesex. Reed says lawmakers have also asked the department to evaluate the prospect of a partnering on the project with a private company.
“So in that context, it has slowed the process somewhat in order to do these different kinds of evaluations that have been requested,” said Reed.
Read more: www.timesargus.com/article/20160326/NEWS01/160329708