DeKalb Regional Medical Center seeks to secure funding to expand its senior care unit by up to 10 new beds, hospital Administrator Patrick Trammell recently shared in a conference call with state leaders. Trammell thanked Dist. 8 State Sen. Steve Livingston, R-Scottsboro, and Alabama House Majority Leader Nathaniel Ledbetter, R-Rainsville, for writing letters of support. He said the hospitalâs psychiatry service is focused on geriatric patients, licensed for 19 beds and steadily operating on 18 beds. âDemand over the years has been intense,â Trammell said. âThere have been...