For-profit HCA is considering building a 63,000-square-foot facility in Botetourt County to hospitalize the mentally ill and to provide outpatient care.
Carilion Clinic has centralized its mental health treatment programs into a new space in Roanoke County s Tanglewood Mall. The aim is to make the experience more convenient for patients and to reduce the stigma of mental illness.
Sears closed its Roanoke store nearly four years ago. The space was used for a temporary COVID-19 vaccination clinic for a time, but a longer term use remains unclear. Meanwhile there s a nationwide trend of repurposing former big box retail space for recreational and other uses.
Half a million dollars will help Virginia secure health care partners to run a reimagined Catawba Hospital, as recent overdose data reinforces the need for improved mental and behavioral health