Healthcare

County officials said Tuesday that the hospital would not reopen. But Foresight Health, which bought the property two years ago, insists that “nothing is off the table.”

The National Alliance on Mental Illness is a national nonprofit with 14 satellite chapters across Virginia. Its Martinsville office will be in the Baldwin Building.

County officials say no reason was given for the change in plans. But Foresight Health, which purchased the shuttered hospital in 2022, had pushed back its reopening date several times.

The Blacksburg-based Secular Society has given a total of $3 million over three years to buy medical debt. This year’s funding forgave more than $12.1 million of debt.

Blue Ridge Behavioral Healthcare’s new space will support adult and youth services.

Provider shortages are to blame for the decision, which is effective April 1, according to a hospital spokesperson.

Cardinal News: Then & Now takes a look back at the stories we brought you over the last 12 months. In this installment: health care.

So far, 390,000 Virginians have enrolled for health insurance through the new marketplace. Some, like Susan Sypolt of Blacksburg, have found the process challenging.

The governor’s proposed budget includes $500 million for behavioral health as the state’s Right Help, Right Now initiative enters its second year.

It will join another residential treatment center, this one for men, that’s expected to open next year. County officials say Southwest Virginia has been hit hard by addiction, and the facilities are part of their economic development plan.