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MICHAEL MARTZ Richmond Times-Dispatch In an escalating battle over responsibility for mentally ill people in crisis, Virginiaâs private hospitals are pitching a new plan for using $33 million in federal aid to expand options for diverting people in psychiatric emergencies away from the stateâs overcrowded and understaffed mental hospitals. The private hospitals, agitated by what they call âmisinformed criticismâ about their role in a crisis that prompted Virginia to halt emergency admissions to five state hospitals, said in a letter to General Assembly budget leaders that the federal American Rescue Plan Act offers a âonce-in-a-generation opportunity for the commonwealth to invest in strengthening the behavioral health system.â ....
MICHAEL MARTZ Richmond Times-Dispatch Virginia mental hospitals are struggling with âdangerously highâ numbers of patients, prompting them to delay admissions and straining the ability of law enforcement officers to maintain custody of people in psychiatric crisis who are waiting for treatment. Behavioral Health Commissioner Alison Land told legislators on Tuesday that the stateâs eight public mental hospitals for adults are operating at 96% of their capacity. Crowding is worst at Central State Hospital, outside of Petersburg, which is 99% full, while Eastern State Hospital near Williamsburg and Western State Hospital in Staunton are operating at 98% of their capacity. âThe picture is bleaker, not better,â Land told the Joint Subcommittee to Study Mental Health Services in the Commonwealth in the 21st Century. ....
Official: Virginia mental hospitals dangerously full wtvr.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wtvr.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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