Health Pavilion to Benefit WV and VA Residents

An open house was available to the public yesterday for a new behavioral health facility that will will provide programming and services for the treatment of behavioral health, psychiatric, emotional, and substance abuse illnesses to people in both Virginia and West Virginia. The Behavioral Health Pavilion of the Virginias will be located in the former St. Luke's Hospital in Bluefield, WV. Its facilities include 64 inpatient beds which include 30 beds for geriatric patients, 24 beds for adults, a 10-bed psychiatric intensive care unit and space for outpatient therapy and counseling. The health pavilion will not only offer an outlet for behavioral health care services, but it will also create new jobs within southern WV.