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As of Saturday, the 939 designation expires for the Brooks-TLC Hospital System in the city of Dunkirk. A 939 state designation allows a hospital or a facility to accept mental health patients. The facility cannot turn the individual away and it has to have the staff necessary to treat the individuals
The designation originally belonged to Lakeshore Hospital in Irving where patients with mental health symptoms were treated regularly. When Lakeshore closed in February of 2020, the designation was passed on to the Dunkirk location, which has since decided to let it go and no longer aid in mental health episodes, save for those that involve medical issues.