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Sussex County Gets New Psychiatric Facility

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There will be a new psychiatric hospital in Sussex County bringing 133 new jobs.

The 93-thousand square foot facility is expected to be completed by May of 2018 spread over some six acres in Georgetown.

The Wilmington News Journalreports that it will have 90 inpatient and outpatient beds and will cost up to $25 million to build.

There will also be at state grant of just over $700-thousand to support 133 full-time jobs.

It will be run by the SUN Behavioral Health based in New Jersey.

The News Journal reports that state and mental health advocates say the hospital will fill a gap in the county which has just over 32-thousand adults who were diagnosed with depression in 2014.

Don Rush is the News Director at Delmarva Public Media. An award-winning journalist, Don reports major local issues of the day, from sea level rise, to urban development, to the changing demographics of Delmarva.