Gundersen La Crosse hospital increases capacity for mental health care

LA CROSSE – Gundersen La Crosse Hospital added four inpatient mental health beds to its high acuity unit – serving those who need the highest level of mental health care – to help address critical local and statewide mental health needs that have become more pronounced with the recent hospital and clinic closures in Western Wisconsin.

According to Josh Court, behavioral health clinical operations director, Gundersen La Crosse Hospital now can serve an additional 200 patients annually who experience acute mental health crises, bringing the total number of adult patients who can be served in Inpatient Behavioral Health to roughly 1,200 per year.