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Beaufort Memorial asks county to maintain support for ER and psychiatric unit; outlines housing and clinic expansions
Summary
Beaufort Memorial told the council it is requesting the same support as prior years to underwrite indigent care, emergency-room and psychiatric services and gave updates on three housing/clinic projects including a 28-bed Bluffton community hospital and 120-unit Live Well Terrace.
Russell Baxley, speaking for Beaufort Memorial Hospital, asked Beaufort County on April 20 to continue funding at levels similar to prior years to support emergency-room services, indigent care and an adult psychiatric unit that the hospital described as the only such unit in the three-county area.
Baxley said the hospital handles about 120 emergency-room visits per day (roughly 44,000 visits a year) and that 15–20% of those patients are uninsured or underinsured, which shifts cost burdens to the hospital. He said Beaufort Memorial’s psychiatric services face similar…
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