The Oklahoma Department of Mental Health is moving patients from an aging facility in Norman to a behavioral health campus in Oklahoma City that will become the state’s largest psychiatric hospital.
As soon as this week, 32 patients will be moved from Griffin Memorial Hospital to an annex building at the newly named Oklahoma City Behavioral Health Campus. The facility is located on a 13-acre hospital complex once owned by SSM Health.
The agency purchased the new campus for $18.5 million, and plans to use an additional $41.5 million in federal American Rescue Plan Act funds to renovate it. Once complete, the site will have up to 197 beds for people with severe mental illness, an increase from the 120 beds at Griffin Memorial…