LADSON, S.C. – Trident Medical Center is getting ready to cut the ribbon on its new freestanding mental health hospital, Live Oak Mental Health & Wellness this Monday in Ladson starting at 10:30 a.m. The 60-bed, $47.5M mental health hospital will be the first in South Carolina in more than 30 years.
In Berkeley, Charleston and Dorchester Counties, “Nearly five percent of all admissions among all of the hospitals in the tri-county area are mental health-related,” said psychiatrist Harish Mangipudi, MD, with Trident Medical Center.
According to Trident Medical Center, the freestanding hospital will provide inpatient and outpatient services to adolescents (ages 12 –17) and adults.
“The need for more mental health resources is critical in South Carolina, especially in the Lowcountry,” said Jeffrey Cluver, MD, a psychiatrist who also works at Trident Medical Center.
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The new hospital was designed around best practices that promote the privacy, dignity and safety of patients, staff and guests, Trident Medical Center officials said.
“Since the last freestanding behavioral health hospital was built in South Carolina more than 30 years ago, so much has changed in terms of how we treat patients and how we create environments in which they heal,” David Was, Live Oak Mental Health & Wellness Chief Operating Officer, said. “For example, the new facility will include large outdoor courtyards that create many therapeutic benefits for patients in individual and group settings.”
In 2014 Trident Medical Center opened a 17-bed behavioral health unit in the hospital. It is currently a 25-bed unit within Trident Medical Center. Hospital officials said the unit was a turning point in its commitment to providing high-quality behavioral health services, but the demand has always been greater than the region’s ability to meet them. Since the unit opened beds are rarely available.
“If you look at the Lowcountry’s health profile,” said psychiatrist Dr. Harish Mangipudi, “meeting our families’ behavioral health needs is as important as meeting their needs for high-quality cardiac or stroke care. Until you have a family member who can benefit from behavioral health services most families don’t realize the importance of having greater access to care.”
Live Oak Mental Health & Wellness is located at 3445 Ingleside Blvd. in Ladson, SC 29456, which is about 1.5 miles from Trident Medical Center. Live Oak Mental Health & Wellness will open for patient care Tuesday, June 6, 2023.
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