90-bed psychiatric hospital approved for Sussex County

GEORGETOWN, Del. (AP) — A New Jersey company has been given approval from a state health board to build a psychiatric hospital in Sussex County.

The Delaware Health Resources Board on Thursday unanimously approved the Georgetown facility, which will be built by Red Bank, New Jersey-based SUN Behavioral Health.

SUN Behavioral Health President and CEO Steve Page says construction will begin on the $18 million, 90-bed psychiatric hospital next summer, with construction expected to be completed about 12 months later. The hospital will be located across the street from Delaware Technical Community College’s Georgetown campus.

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Currently there are no inpatient mental health facilities in Sussex County.

Page estimates that there will be 160 staff members employed once the hospital opens.

 

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