When people experiencing a mental health crisis arrive at emergency rooms in western Iowa, they can spend hours — sometimes days — waiting for psychiatric treatment because there simply are not enough beds available. A new facility opening soon in Council Bluffs hopes to change that.
Methodist Jennie Edmundson Behavioral Health plans to welcome its first patients in mid-June. The 96-bed facility is a partnership between Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital and Acadia Healthcare.
“This is unique for our community,” said Dr. Monica Arora, the hospital’s chief medical officer. “Acadia comes with a wealth of information and experience in behavioral health, and Methodist Jennie Edmundson has very strong roots in the community.”…