Vt. pushes for fast construction of psych hospital

 
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MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — The administration of Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin is hoping to get the first shovel in the ground later this month on a new 25-bed psychiatric facility in Berlin that's to help replace the Vermont State Hospital in Waterbury.


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That facility was forced to close by flooding from Tropical Storm Irene and is to be replaced by the Berlin hospital and a series of smaller psychiatric units around the state.

An unusually fast, emergency certificate of need process was completed Monday, with approval granted by the state Department of Financial Regulation.





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