The renovated Hampstead Hospital, now referred to as East Acres at Hampstead and set up to give psychiatric care for young children, is anticipated to open to individuals subsequent week.

The state bought the hospital with federal help. State overall health officials stated the 12-bed facility is anticipated to welcome its initial overnight individuals Tuesday. It is meant to give higher-level mental heath care that young individuals would otherwise need to have to travel out of state to obtain.

Although celebrating the launch of the new hospital, Gov. Chris Sununu acknowledged there is nonetheless perform to do to strengthen the state’s mental overall health program.

“It does not matter how substantially income you make, what colour you are, no matter if you are male or female, it does not matter,” Sununu stated. “It can come about to anyone, at any time, at any time of the day, and so as a state, we just need to have to be positive these kinds of solutions are out there.”

The new facility’s anticipated to alleviate the quantity of individuals waiting in ERs for psychiatric care. The state lately announced plans to finish that practice inside two years, soon after a federal judge stated they necessary to do so in a single year.

On Friday, Sununu stated he’s not positive the court’s timeline is realistic but the state will perform to comply.

As of May well 26, 15 young children have been waiting for psychiatric care in New Hampshire, according to a state dashboard, whilst 15 beds have been unavailable due to renovations and 16 due to staffing.