Psychiatric hospital with 105 beds proposed in Tacoma near 19th and Proctor

[TexasTowelie]

A health care company has proposed building a 105-bed psychiatric hospital in Tacoma not far from a newly opened facility it competed to build a few years ago.

Signature Healthcare Services LLC is back with a proposal with fewer beds than last go-around when it proposed a 174-bed hospital. In 2016, the company competed with Alliance for South Sound Health to launch a new mental health facility in the city to address a severe shortage of beds for those patients.

The project did not receive a Certificate of Need from Washington’s Department of Health. The certificate instead was issued to the alliance, which is comprised of MultiCare and CHI Franciscan.

Signature later appealed that decision. The case ended in April 2018 when the two parties told the court they had reached a settlement.

Read more: https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/article230408654.html
(Tacoma News Tribune)

[MFM008]

1. And we

Sure need it.

[TexasTowelie]

2. They are needed almost everywhere.

Psychiatric hospitals and long-term care facilities have languished over the past few decades.

[Aristus]

3. I hope it will help relieve the horrible conditions for patients with mental illnesses.

Homelessness, vulnerability to physical and sexual assault, etc.

I'm hopeful for this project...