UPMC Chautauqua WCA Gets Funding for Long-Term Drug Treatment Program
1/14/2017 7:36:34 AM
By Greg Larson
A long-term drug rehabilition facility is much closer to becoming reality in the Jamestown area, thanks to a $700,000 state grant to get the facility up and running at UPMC Chautauqua WCA. Officials with the hospital held a news conference Friday afternoon to confirm the grant, one of eight announced late Thursday by Governor Andrew Cuomo. UPMC Chautauqua WCA President and CEO Betsy Wright says they're thrilled to be getting the funding after not getting funding in their first two tries. Wright says the facility is "much-needed" in the community...
Betsy Wright: pleased with the funding
Wright and WCA Board President Steve Kilburn say this is an example of the expansion of services at UPMC Chautauqua WCA that were promised when they merged with the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. WCA's Director of Inpatient Chemical Dependency and Outpatient Chemical Dependency and Mental Health Services, Andy O'Brien, says the 20-bed program will be "highly-individualized"...
Andy O'Brien: about the drug treatment program
UPMC Chautauqua WCA officials say the beds will be located on the fourth floor of their Jones Memorial Health Center in Jamestown. The grant will help them make the renovations and buy needed equipment for the facility.
A long-term drug rehabilition facility is much closer to becoming reality in the Jamestown area, thanks to a $700,000 state grant to get the facility up and running at UPMC Chautauqua WCA. Officials with the hospital held a news conference Friday afternoon to confirm the grant, one of eight announced late Thursday by Governor Andrew Cuomo. UPMC Chautauqua WCA President and CEO Betsy Wright says they're thrilled to be getting the funding after not getting funding in their first two tries. Wright says the facility is "much-needed" in the community...
