Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital (HDVCH), part of Spectrum Health, is a 234-bed comprehensive children’s hospital in downtown Grand Rapids, that not only serves the needs of the local community, but also is a regional referral center for Spectrum Health and western Michigan. During the pandemic, HDVCH and community partners responded quickly to the increased need for behavioral health services and found new ways to provide them.
State denies Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services expansion request
Updated Apr 05, 2021;
Posted Apr 05, 2021
Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services in Cutlerville on Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2019. (Cory Morse | MLive.com)
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GRAND RAPIDS, MI A proposed $15.6 million expansion by Pine Rest Christian Mental Services that would add 60 adult in-patient psychiatric beds at its Gaines Township headquarters has received an initial denial by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services.
Pine Rest was one of two healthcare organizations competing to fill an unmet need of 60 psychiatric beds in Allegan, Ionia, Kent, Lake, Mason, Montcalm, Muskegon, Newaygo, Oceana and Ottawa counties.
Proposed psychiatric hospital designed to meet ‘incredible need’ for behavioral health services
Updated Apr 04, 2021;
Posted Apr 04, 2021
Mercy Health s new medical expansion in Muskegon pictured on Monday, Oct. 29, 2018. The $291 ten-story medical center is slated to open to patients at the end of the month. Neil BlakeNeil Blake
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GRAND RAPIDS, MI In West Michigan and beyond, it’s an all-too-common occurrence: Patients suffering from depression or other mental health issues need to be hospitalized at an in-patient psychiatric unit, but there aren’t enough beds available.
Dr. Matthew Biersack, interim president and chief medical officer at Mercy Health Saint Mary’s, has seen the issue play out firsthand.