ECU Health and Acadia Healthcare Host Groundbreaking Ceremony for New Behavioral Health Hospital
November 01 2023 - 1:54PM
Business Wire
– 144-bed hospital anticipated to open in
Spring 2025 –
ECU Health and Acadia Healthcare held a ceremony today to
celebrate the start of construction on its previously announced
state-of-the-art, 144-bed behavioral health hospital in Greenville,
North Carolina. The event occurred on the site of the new hospital
– located at 2820 MacGregor Downs Road, Greenville, North Carolina
27834 – and celebrated the joint venture partnership between ECU
Health and Acadia Healthcare, which will own and operate the new
hospital together.
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ECU Health and Acadia Healthcare Break
Ground on Construction of a New Behavioral Health Hospital in
Greenville, North Carolina, with an anticipated opening in Spring
2025. Left to right: Brennen Reynolds, Jeffrey Woods, Dr. Sy Saeed,
Isa Diaz, Dr. Michael Genovese, Chris Hunter, Sec. Kody H. Kinsley,
Dr. Michael Waldrum, Brian Floyd, Todd Hickey, Bob Greczyn, Dr.
Michael Lang, Chancellor Philip Rogers, William Monk (Photo:
Business Wire)
Slated to open in Spring 2025, the hospital will be a center of
excellence situated less than a mile from ECU Health Medical
Center. It will offer comprehensive inpatient and intensive
outpatient treatment for adults, seniors, children and adolescents
who struggle with acute symptoms of mental health such as anxiety,
depression, bipolar disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder
(PTSD), as well as treatment for co-occurring disorders. Thomas
Construction Group is the general contractor and Stengel Hill
Architecture is the architect for the project.
“Too many people, including children, in North Carolina get
stuck in emergency departments when they urgently need short-term
and high-quality behavioral health care,” said North Carolina
Department of Health and Human Services Sec. Kody H. Kinsley. “This
new hospital will create lasting change in this region by making
behavioral health services easier to access when and where they are
needed.”
The new hospital will also serve as a teaching hospital for
psychiatry, social work, nursing and other behavioral health
professionals. This will address the shortage of clinical
behavioral healthcare professionals in the area, training students
and residents from the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina
University, many of whom will go on to practice in eastern North
Carolina and carry forth ECU Health’s mission to improve the health
and well-being of the region.
The hospital will include 24 inpatient beds specifically for
children and adolescents with behavioral health needs. These beds
will be the first of their kind in ECU Health’s 29-county service
area and the only child and adolescent beds within 75 miles of
Greenville, North Carolina.
“The shortage of mental health resources is a critical challenge
in North Carolina,” said Dr. Michael Waldrum, chief executive
officer of ECU Health and dean of the Brody School of Medicine. “We
are pleased construction is underway for our new behavioral health
hospital, and this moment marks another milestone in our effort to
improve access to behavioral health care for the region. It will
provide the hope and healing residents of Greenville and the
surrounding communities need when dealing with complex behavioral
health issues.”
Prior to the pandemic, nearly one in five North Carolinians were
experiencing a mental, behavioral or emotional disorder, according
to a report from the North Carolina Institute of Medicine’s Task
Force on Mental Health and Substance Use. In the past three years,
national data indicates a growing trend of depression and anxiety
symptoms. This partnership demonstrates a commitment to addressing
mental illnesses and substance use disorders, normalizing and
treating them with the latest science and medicine in appropriate
care settings.
“This new hospital will provide North Carolinians with expanded
access to quality behavioral health services and treatment from
specialized clinical teams in a carefully designed environment,”
said Chris Hunter, chief executive officer of Acadia Healthcare.
“We are so proud to be affiliated with ECU Health, working together
to address the strong need in this area and building upon their
legacy and commitment to behavioral health services. This hospital
will be a strong member of the Greenville community, collaborating
with all organizations, hospitals and first responders. It will be
a beacon of hope for patients and families in eastern North
Carolina.”
To learn more about the partnership between ECU Health and
Acadia Healthcare, visit ENCBehavioralHealth.org.
About ECU Health
ECU Health is a mission-driven, 1708-bed academic health care
system serving more than 1.4 million people in 29 eastern North
Carolina counties. The not-for-profit system is comprised of 13,000
team members, nine hospitals and a physician group that encompasses
over 1,100 academic and community providers practicing in over 180
primary and specialty clinics located in more than 130 locations.
The flagship ECU Health Medical Center, a Level I Trauma Center,
and ECU Health Maynard Children’s Hospital serve as the primary
teaching hospitals for the Brody School of Medicine at East
Carolina University. ECU Health and the Brody School of Medicine
share a combined academic mission to improve the health and
well-being of eastern North Carolina through patient care,
education and research. For more information, visit
ECUHealth.org.
About Acadia Healthcare
Acadia is a leading provider of behavioral healthcare services
across the United States. As of September 30, 2023, Acadia operated
a network of 253 behavioral healthcare facilities with
approximately 11,100 beds in 39 states and Puerto Rico. With
approximately 23,000 employees serving more than 75,000 patients
daily, Acadia is the largest stand-alone behavioral healthcare
company in the U.S. Acadia provides behavioral healthcare services
to its patients in a variety of settings, including inpatient
psychiatric hospitals, specialty treatment facilities, residential
treatment centers and outpatient clinics.
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