NEWS FOR OUR UK HEALTHCARE TEAM
The new Eastern State
Hospital opened its doors
Sept. 10, relocating 100 patients
from the previous hospital to the new
$129 million, 300,000-square-foot
facility located off Newtown Pike at the
University of Kentucky’s...
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NEWS FOR OUR UK HEALTHCARE TEAM
The new Eastern State
Hospital opened its doors
Sept. 10, relocating 100 patients
from the previous hospital to the new
$129 million, 300,000-square-foot
facility located off Newtown Pike at the
University of Kentucky’s Coldstream
Research Campus. Eastern State Hospital
provides an extensive range of inpatient
mental health services, both acute and
long-term, to adults living with the 50
counties surrounding and including
Fayette County.
The state-of-the-art facility at Coldstream
houses nine patient-care units and 239
beds.The Allen Tower, which will house
the Acquired Brain Injury Unit and the
Long-Term Care Unit, will open in 2014.
“Opening a new mental health facility
and relocating patients took a tremendous,
coordinated effort on the part of many
people to ensure the safety and comfort of
our patients,” said John W. Phillips, interim
chief administrative officer, Eastern State
Hospital. “Thanks to the team’s hard work
and commitment to patient safe
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