Star Tribune Tue, 22 Jan 2008 22:59:58 GMT
Proposed psych facility draws fire from other hospitals
East metro hospitals oppose the plan for a new psychiatric hospital in Woodbury, saying Minnesota doesn't even have enough psychiatrists to staff existing beds. A Catholic health care organization's desire to build an 144-bed psychiatric hospital in Woodbury is drawing opposition from other east-metro hospitals, including the company that owns Woodwinds Hospital in Woodbury. Allowing Prairie St. John's to open such a hospital would hurt mental health care in Minnesota for the elderly, disabled and poor, and invite competition for a small number of available psychiatrists and chemical dependency counselors, the chief executive officer of St. Joseph's Hospital in St. Paul said in a letter to state health officials.
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