Site chosen for new Psychiatric Hospital

– The Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services (KDADS) today announced that a plot of land near MacArthur and Meridian in southwest Wichita will be the site of the South Central Regional Psychiatric Hospital. Additionally, today, the Sedgwick County Board of County Commissioners authorized Sedgwick County to begin negotiations on the selected site for the project. The South Central Regional Psychiatric Hospital will serve acute inpatient mental health patients. It will also be the location for adult forensic beds to alleviate jail overcrowding and shorten wait times on pending evaluations and treatment.