堪萨斯州计划在威奇托西南部建立一家精神病医院。 Kansas plans to establish a psychiatric hospital in southwest Wichita.

堪萨斯州决定在威奇托西南部建造一所新的州立精神病院，以满足住院精神卫生服务日益增长的需求，并评估和治疗塞奇威克县监狱中的囚犯。 Kansas has decided to construct a new state psychiatric hospital in southwest Wichita to fulfill the growing need for inpatient mental health services and to assess and treat people held in the Sedgwick County Jail. 中南地区精神病医院将提供至少 50 个住院治疗床位，可能于 2027 年开放。 The South Central Regional Psychiatric Hospital will offer at least 50 inpatient treatment beds, potentially opening by 2027. 该项目耗资 4000 万美元，其中 1500 万美元来自州资金，2500 万美元来自联邦 COVID-19 救济资金。 The $40 million project has been allocated $15 million from state funds and $25 million in federal COVID-19 relief funding. 堪萨斯州老龄化和残疾服务部将拥有、保护和管理该设施。 The Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services will own, secure, and manage the facility.