KCNC-TV (Denver) | UCHealth opens new inpatient mental health unit in Northen Colorado hospital
This is where the main text goes. UCHealth opened a brand new multimillion dollar inpatient mental health unit in Northern Colorado. Poudre Valley Hospital is now the home to the newest behavioral health inpatient unit in Colorado. On Monday at 7 a.m., UCHealth moved their first patient into the brand-new wing of PVH in Fort Collins. Prior to Monday, UCHealth's nearest inpatient behavioral health unit was located miles way and not connected to a hospital. Therefore, if a medical emergency happened 911 had to be called for care. "Our patients have had to take ambulances," said Daphne Huegerich, director of behavioral health for UCHealth in Northern Colorado. By building a new behavioral health wing connected to an existing hospital, Huegerich said the patients and staff have better access to other forms of care in a more immediate manner. "(This unit) increases accessibility to hospital lists, pharmacists, lab individuals. We are also increasing our capacity from 41 beds to 50 beds with three units. Acute unit, adolescents and adult," Huegerich said.