Brandon Regional Hospital To Close Behavioral Health Unit

Press release from the Brandon Regional Hospital:

June 11, 2021

Brandon Regional Hospital will close its inpatient behavioral health program,
effective Monday, June 14, 2021. Patients needing these services will
be transitioned to the newly renovated and expanded behavioral health
service at Memorial Hospital of Tampa’s Tampa Community Hospital
campus.

“We remain committed to providing high quality care to our community
every day,” said Bland Eng, CEO of Brandon Regional Hospital.
“This move will allow patients needing inpatient psychiatric care to
receive it in one of the area’s largest and most comprehensive
centers, dedicated to providing patients with the full range of behavioral
health services.”

Memorial Hospital of Tampa invested $25 million to expand and renovate
psychiatric services at its Tampa Community Hospital location. Phase I
opened in May 2021 and included private room additions and renovations.
Phase II, to be completed later this summer, will bring the program’s
bed total to 84, including 68 behavioral health beds and 16 substance abuse
beds.

Brandon Regional Hospital will use the additional space on its campus to
support adult services until the hospital’s new three-story patient
tower opens in 2023.

This press release was produced by the Brandon Regional Hospital. The views expressed are the author's own.