The Oklahoma Department of Mental Health is purchasing a vacant hospital in Oklahoma City to serve as the state’s largest psychiatric facility for people with severe mental illness.
The hospital, located at 2129 S.W. 59th St., will eventually replace the aging Griffin Memorial Hospital in Norman, but the property won’t be fully ready until the end of next year, according to the agency’s interim director, Greg Slavonic.
The $18.5 million purchase includes the entire hospital campus, with a main complex, annex and warehouse. The department plans to use $41.5 million to update the facility…