Acadia Healthcare and Southcoast Health held a topping off ceremony Thursday for a $30 million behavorial health hospital in Dartmouth.

The new CEO of the venture, Bill Parsons, says the hospital is urgently needed in the Southcoast, where currently mental health facilities are overhwhelmed.

The new 120 bed facility at Faunce Corner Road is expected to be completed by early August.

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