Chris Veal, MSN, RN, has been appointed CEO for the Northwest Texas Healthcare System Behavioral Health Hospital in Amarillo, myhighplains.com reported Nov. 13.
Mr. Beal first joined the health system as the emergency department manager in 2019 before being promoted to the director of med-surg. He most recently served as director of the emergency department.
The behavioral health hospital has 85 beds and offers mental health treatment for patients in the Amarillo area, in addition to patients from the surrounding states of Oklahoma, New Mexico and Colorado.