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Osawatomie State Hospital is a public psychiatric hospital in the U.S. state of Kansas, located in the city of Osawatomie, Kansas.Established by the Kansas legislature in 1863 and opened in 1866, it is the oldest operating psychiatric hospital in the state of Kansas.
By 1857, Osawatomie had grown to a town of 800 and in 1859 hosted the first convention of the Kansas Republican Party. [10] In recognition for Osawatomie's part in ensuring Kansas remained a free state, the Kansas Legislature established the Osawatomie State Mental Hospital in 1863, the first mental hospital west of the Mississippi River.
Norton County Hospital – Norton; Osawatomie State Hospital ... Rainbow Mental Health Facility – Kansas City; Topeka State Hospital – Topeka (closed in 1997)
A new state hospital in Wichita could be justified because nearly 20% of patients admitted to the state hospitals at Osawatomie and Larned come from Sedgwick County, she said.
A town hall will be held at the Hughes Metroplex from 5-7 p.m. Tuesday.
Multiple law enforcement and Kansas state agencies were involved Monday morning in the search for a missing patient and employee from Osawatomie State Hospital. The pair was located and arrested.
Located at 2700 W 6th Street, the hospital opened in 1879, after the Osawatomie State Hospital, once thought to be sufficient, became overcrowded with mentally-ill patients. The first buildings in both Topeka and Osawatomie were designed by John G. Haskell who was among the architects of the Kansas State Capitol , and the hospital was designed ...
Sedgwick County residents will know by late March or early April if the state of Kansas plans to allocate another $25 million for the construction of a 50- to 100-bed mental hospital.