UMass Memorial Medical Center has gotten state approval for a $30.4 million renovation project that will eliminate 13 inpatient psychiatric beds, replacing them with surgical ones.
The project, which envisions reducing some psychiatric beds in favor of adding 16 more medical/surgical beds at the university campus, initially received push back from the state, but was approved by the Department of Public Health on Wednesday.
With the approval, hospital executives said they would eliminate 22 positions,…
UMass Memorial Medical Center has gotten state approval for a $30.4 million renovation project that will eliminate 13 inpatient psychiatric beds, replacing them with surgical ones.
The project, which envisions reducing some psychiatric beds in favor of adding 16 more medical/surgical beds at the university campus, initially received push back from the state, but was approved by the Department of Public Health on Wednesday.
With the approval, hospital executives said they would eliminate 22 positions,…