Merit Health River Region closed its Vicksburg behavioral health unit June 10 and transferred its 50 beds to Merit Health Central Mississippi in Jackson, approximately 40 miles away. The decision to move behavioral health services out of River Region was made in an attempt to reduce duplication of services, the report said.
Merit Health closes Mississippi county’s only mental health unit
Merit Health has closed the only behavioral health unit in Mississippi’s Warren County, The Vicksburg Post reported July 14.