Eastern NC mental health unit slated for closure - North Carolina Health News
Vidant Beaufort’s plan to dismantle its inpatient psychiatric unit next month has sparked concerns over patient access in an already underserved region.
By Liora Engel-Smith An Eastern North Carolina hospital is planning to shut down its inpatient mental health unit next month. The impending closure of Vidant Beaufort Hospital’s 19-bed unit is the first time in recent memory that a mental health ward receiving state funds through a so-called “three-way contract” is closing, an N.C. Department of […]