WVU in the News: WVU Medicine hosts grand opening for Center for Hope and Healing
WVU Medicine and the WVU Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry held a grand opening on Mar. 1 for the new WVU Medicine Center for Hope and Healing. The 29,305-square-foot addiction treatment facility offers 12 beds for subacute medically managed withdrawal residential care and 30 beds for residential care up to 28 days.
“Addiction in West Virginia continues to plague the state as one of its most serious problems. West Virginia has the highest rate of overdose deaths in the nation, and in many ways is the epicenter of the addiction/opioid epidemic,” Albert L. Wright, Jr., president and CEO of the West Virginia University Health System, said.
The facility will serve as a single regional referral point for assessment of patients following discharge from local emergency rooms, inpatient detox units and other referral sources. It will also accept self-referrals and referrals from community providers.
During the celebration of the opening of the Center, officials also celebrated the generous gift that has been made by Douglas M. Leech, founder and CEO of Ascension Recovery Services.
The gift of $60,000 will offset the cost of treatment and will benefit patients seeking care at the Center.
The WVU Center for Hope and Healing will provide the highest quality clinical care for those in our state struggling with addiction, regardless of the payer type. WVU Medicine’s Chestnut Ridge Center helped me find residential treatment when I desperately needed it. I received outpatient services, where they strengthened and supported my early recovery. WVU Medicine was there to support me, provide guidance and mentorship, as well as partnership on a variety of initiatives,” says Leech.
To make a gift to the Center for Hope and Healing Patient Care Fund, please visit give.wvu.edu/wvumedicine-rni and refer to fund 2W1371 in the comments box.
For more information about the center or making a gift, please contact Laura McCall, senior director of development for the Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute, at 304-293-5757 or laura.mccall@hsc.wvu.edu.
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