Ribbon Cutting For New Eastern State Hospital
The ribbon was cut Wednesday on the new Eastern State Hospital.
Governor Steve Beshear joined local leaders, state officials and representatives from University of Kentucky HealthCare for the ceremony.
The new $129 million hospital, located at UK’s Coldstream Research Campus in Lexington, is a 300,000 square foot facility with 239 beds.
It replaces the 185-year-old Eastern State Hospital, the second oldest psychiatric hospital in the country.
According to a press release, the new Eastern State Hospital campus will also have three personal care homes, each with 16 beds, that will provide residential psychiatric services and serve as a step down from the acute care setting.
Eastern State Hospital serves an average of 2,000 patients per year from 80 Kentucky counties.
The new facility will open this month.
Governor Steve Beshear joined local leaders, state officials and representatives from University of Kentucky HealthCare for the ceremony.
The new $129 million hospital, located at UK’s Coldstream Research Campus in Lexington, is a 300,000 square foot facility with 239 beds.
It replaces the 185-year-old Eastern State Hospital, the second oldest psychiatric hospital in the country.
According to a press release, the new Eastern State Hospital campus will also have three personal care homes, each with 16 beds, that will provide residential psychiatric services and serve as a step down from the acute care setting.
Eastern State Hospital serves an average of 2,000 patients per year from 80 Kentucky counties.
The new facility will open this month.
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