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Valley Springs Behavioral Health Hospital to Open in Holyoke This Summer
BY JOSEPH BEDNAR
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s Dr. Barry Sarvet surveys Valley Springs Behavioral Health Hospital a couple months before its opening, he’s excited about what he sees.
“We are extremely excited to be providing a brand new, state-of-the-art psychiatric hospital facility for our communities
in the Pioneer Valley,” said Sarvet, chair of the Department of Psychiatry
at Baystate Health. “Hospital care for behavioral-health patients requires a specialized environment of care to ensure safety, comfort, and privacy for patients and a setting for a full range of therapeutic services to support their recovery.”
The Holyoke-based hospital does just that, he noted. “Our new facility
is spacious and will have an abundance of natural light. It includes ample spaces for psychotherapy, rooms for art and occupational therapy, a gymnasium for physical activity and recreation, and access to outdoor spaces for fresh air. Psychiatric patients deserve to be treated in an environment of care that supports their dignity, and we’re so pleased to be able to offer this.”
But he’s just as excited, if not moreso, about what the hospital, a joint venture between Baystate Health and Lifepoint Behavioral Health, means
The new hospital, seen here in the late stages of construction, will open in August.
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