The new County-funded Psychiatric Health Facility in Oceanside has completed its first month of operation, providing short-term inpatient psychiatric care to a total of 31 people to date with 10 in care earlier this week.
Staff moved into the 16-bed facility in November for training, and the first patient was admitted Dec. 29.
Located on the western edge of the Tri-City Medical Center campus, this is the first County-funded inpatient psychiatric health facility in San Diego. It expands access to behavioral health services for North County residents and adds to the region-wide network of specialty care…