MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) – AltaPointe Health has completed a $15 million expansion at BayPointe Hospital in Mobile, adding 34 adult beds and raising total capacity from 104 to 138 beds.
BayPointe traditionally accepted child and adolescent patients, while adults were treated at Eastpointe in Daphne. Last September, Baypointe began treating a limited number of adults in Mobile.
“When we accepted the adults, we converted 24 children’s beds into adult beds so there was a little bit of a bed shortage for about a year,” said Dr. Christina Talerico, child and adolescent psychiatrist…