Mayview State Hospital
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| Mayview State Hospital | |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Place | Bridgeville, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, (US) |
| Organization | |
| Care System/Type | Unknown |
| Services | |
| Emergency Dept. | None |
| Beds | Unknown |
| History | |
| Founded | 1893 |
| Closed | Pending closure |
| Links | |
| Website | Unknown |
| See also | Hospitals in Pennsylvania |
Mayview State Hospital is a psychiatric hospital located in Bridgeville, Pennsylvania. It spans 335 acres (1.36 km²) and has 39 buildings, 12 of which are used for patient care and hospital administration. It has a staff count of approximately 502 (as of August 2007) and an operating budget of $63 million per year.
[edit] History
Mayview State Hospital was opened on December 20, 1893, by the City of Pittsburgh as Marshalsea. The campus size was 243 acres (0.98 km²) at the time.
In the 1890s, there were about 340 patients.
In 1916, Marshalsea was renamed Pittsburgh City Home and Hospital at Mayview.
By 1934, there were 4,200 patients and 450 staff at Mayview.
On June 1, 1941, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania took over responsibility for the hospital. There were 3,200 patients at that time.
In 1946, an observation unit was created. In 1974, it became the forensic center.
[edit] Closure
On August 15, 2007, it was announced that the civil section of Mayview will be closed by December 31, 2008. The patient census for civil was then 225.[1] The current patients will be individually assessed then discharged into less restrictive, community-based settings "to reduce reliance on institutional care and improve access to home and community-based services for Pennsylvanians living with mental illness". Those that are assessed as needing continuing treatment will be transferred to another state hospital.[2]
It was also announced that the forensic center will be either consolidated and/or privatised with the other forensic at Norristown and Warren State Hospitals. As of August 2007, there were 70 patients in the forensic center at Mayview.[2]
The closure was halted for two weeks in November 2007 following the deaths of two former Mayview patients. One jumped or fell from a bridge and the other was struck by a train.[3][4]
On February 21, 2008, a task force met at Mayview to discuss possible uses for the site after the hospital closes.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ Mayview State Hospital Closure Announcement, August 15, 2007
- ^ a b Mayview State Hospital Closure FAQs
- ^ "Mayview suspends downsizing in wake of ex-patient's death", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, November 19, 2007
- ^ "Mayview resumes discharges after moratorium", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, November 23, 2007
- ^ "Reusing Mayview property", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, February 21, 2008
