January 2024

Kansas selects property in southwest Wichita for construction of new state psychiatric hospital

TOPEKA — The Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services and Sedgwick County Commission chose property in southwest Wichita for construction of a new state psychiatric hospital expected to provide at least 50 inpatient treatment beds.A committee of representatives from KDADS and Sedgwick County considered 11 properties and three buildings before recommending Friday the use of open land at MacArthur and Meridian for construction of the South Central Regional Psychiatric Hospital.

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