The long-quiet SSM Health hospital campus in southwest Oklahoma City is getting a second act as a state-run mental health hub. The Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services is converting the former hospital into a centralized inpatient campus for adults, a move officials say will ease pressure on the aging Griffin Memorial Hospital in Norman while adding badly needed psychiatric bed capacity in the metro. Once renovations wrap, the site will operate as the Oklahoma City Behavioral Health Hospital, according to KFOR.
What the state bought
The department closed on the purchase of the former SSM Health site on Feb. 11, 2026, with plans to run it as the Oklahoma City Behavioral Health Hospital, as reported by KFOR. According to…..