SPOKANE, Wash. — A new behavioral health hospital is set to open in Spokane.
Universal Health Services and Providence Health Care made the announcement Thursday about the hospital, which will be located at 5th Avenue and Browne Street.
Officials with Universal Health Service said the new 100-bed hospital will make significant progress in filling a gap of critically needed treatment options while bridging services with other health providers throughout the community.
Jane Crawford with Universal Health Services said the project cost $33 million. There will be four units within the 70,00-square-foot facility. Three units will each consist of 25 beds for inpatient services. One unit will be designated to patients between the ages of 13 and 17. The facility will employ close to 200 people.
It is set open its doors and begin accepting patients in early October 2018. In addition to serving adults, health officials said the new facility will be opening a unit for adolescents in 2019.
According to Washington State Mental Health Division, eight percent of people in Spokane County have a mental illness or serious emotional concern, compared to the state average of 5 percent.