A for-profit psychiatric hospital in Raleigh — regularly sanctioned by regulators and visited by police due to fights, patient escapes and reports of alleged sexual assault — is expanding to serve more people.
Last year, Holly Hill Hospital announced a partnership with the Raleigh Police Department in which officers would take people in mental distress directly to the hospital’s campus in downtown Raleigh instead of first going to a hospital emergency department or other facility for evaluation.
Holly Hill announced on social media in June that it opened a new unit on its south campus near WakeMed Hospital off New Bern Avenue for adults with less severe mental health needs, such as those needing substance use detox or help with depression. The hospital is also in the process of launching a “Patriot Support Program” to treat veterans and active-duty military members, which includes a new 32-bed inpatient unit, according to the hospital’s Facebook page…