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Mental health unit closures spark concern and cost talk
Police and hospital officials warn that closing mental health units could reduce response capacity as admissions rise. Via Christi Health System lobbyist notes indigent costs while Lawrence officers report more mentally ill calls. Local units face losses, with LMH eyeing a 1999 deficit and Kansas University Medical Center ending its inpatient unit. The task force seeks legislature solutions for 2001.
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Mary Ellen Conlee
Via Christi Health System
Pittsburg
Manhatan
Conlee
Via Christi
Lawrence
M. T. Brown
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Bert Nash
Grant Clowers
LMH
Kansas University Medical Center
Kansas City
Kan