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Activists Decry Reduced Mental Health Services At San Jose's Good Samaritan Hospital
The San Jose hospital announced its closure in May. The move will lead to the elimination of psychiatric beds.
August 1, 2023
SAN JOSE -- Mental health advocates were rallying Monday morning in the South Bay against the closure of acute psychiatric beds at Good Samaritan Hospital.
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The San Jose hospital announced the closure in May. The move will lead to the elimination of psychiatric beds. The hospital says it will continue to offer emergency behavioral health services. The inpatient unit is scheduled to close on August 20th.
"We need to have more beds. If we don't have more beds and we have a reduction in beds, it just means more people will not be served in our community and their conditions will get worse," said former State Senator Jim Beall, who was protesting alongside activists.
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