Citing 'tremendous need,' Kentucky-based company plans to build 72-bed mental health hospital in Oklahoma City

Over the next two years, Oklahoma City could see an increase of about 140 treatment beds for adults suffering from mental health and substance abuse issues.

That news comes after officials from Springstone LLC, a Kentucky-based company, confirmed plans to build Oakwood Springs, a 72-bed adult mental health and substance abuse treatment hospital in northwest Oklahoma City.

Additionally, a Pennsylvania-based company plans to reopen a mental health hospital in Bethany that previously was operated by Deaconess Hospital, a Bethany city official said Wednesday.

For the Springstone project, the Oklahoma City Council on Monday approved the company’s planned unit development. The hospital would be built at 520 W John Kilpatrick Service Road.