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July 20, 2010 University of Alabama to build new Bryce psychiatric hospital in Tuscaloosa
- The University of Alabama will oversee construction of a new state mental hospital, the executive committee of the UA System Board of Trustees decided today. University officials plan to use the land abutting the UA campus for future expansion and plan to preserve at least part of the historic structure.
July 14, 2010 Firefighters Respond To Two Alarm Fire At Saint Elizabeth's Hospital
- About 100 DC Firefighters responded to a two-alarm fire Tuesday night at the St Elizabeths Hospital campus in Southeast DC. It is the oldest federally funded psychiatric hospital in the country.
July 6, 2010 Wrecking Ball Meets Topeka State Hospital
- Say farewell to a historic part of Topeka. Workers Tuesday took the wrecking ball to the famous Center Building of the former Topeka State Hospital.
July 1, 2010 Vacant Central State Property Eyed For Large Facility
- A long-vacant old hospital grounds could become the home of a new, multimillion-dollar sports complex. Central Indiana State Hospital closed in 1994, and Indianapolis bought the property in 2004. A private company had planned to build commercial and residential space there a couple of years ago, but the plan didn't materialize.
June 15, 2010 Transfer of patients into Wernersville State Hospital from Allentown nearly complete
- The transfer of patients to Wernersville State Hospital from Allentown State Hospital is drawing to a close. The hospital's chief executive officer, Andrea B. Kepler, said 49 patients have come over since the end of April and only a handful remain to be transferred to the inpatient treatment center for serious and persistent mental illness.
June 12, 2010 In Florida, a Lifeline to Patients With TB
- The last of the nation’s original tuberculosis sanitariums sits, improbably, just off Interstate 95, near a Dunkin’ Donuts and a Motel 6, and just behind fields of children playing soccer. The fading signs out front simply say A.G. Holley Hospital. There is nothing to suggest that one of history’s greatest killers lurks inside.
June 10, 2010 Despite slow economy, Danvers state project forges ahead
- It has endured a fire and a poor economy, but the long-awaited redevelopment of the former Danvers State Hospital site is gradually taking shape.
June 1, 2010 Center building demolition begins
- Demolition of the historic Center Building of the former Topeka State Hospital began Tuesday, said Ron Harbaugh, spokesman for Topeka Unified School District. In February 2009, USD 501 acquired 152 acres of land and 30 buildings near S.W. 6th and MacVicar, which was home to the former hospital.
