Jackson hospitals' psychiatric beds are full weeks after St. Dominic closed behavioral health

Weeks after a Jackson-based hospital announced the closure of its behavioral services unit, two metro-area hospitals are too full to accept psychiatric patients. Both the University of Mississippi Medical Center and Merit Health Central have repeatedly been on psychiatric diversion – meaning neither are accepting new patients – since July 4. It’s not clear when [...]

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