Regulators Recommend Greenlight for New Unit Serving Kids at Bangor Psychiatric Hospital

Maine officials have recommended approval for a project that would add a new unit for children to a Bangor psychiatric hospital that serves residents from across the state, The Bangor Daily News reports.

Officials reviewing a proposal by Northern Light Acadia Hospital under the state’s certificate of need process recommended that Maine Department of Health and Human Services Commissioner Jeanne Lambrew approve the addition of the new, 50-room unit, saying it would make mental health services that are in high demand more accessible. Read more.

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