Inside Inland Northwest Behavioral Health's new inpatient adolescent unit

25 more beds for psychiatric inpatient adolescent care were unveiled in a ribbon cutting ceremony for the new unit at Inland Northwest Behavioral Health in Spokane on Tuesday, Feb. 4. The unit will begin accepting patients next Monday, Feb. 10.

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Tue., Feb. 4, 2020

Dr. Dirk Dhossche, child & adolescent unit director (left), Kamaljit Floura, chief medical officer (center) and Nadine Woodward, Mayor of Spokane, smile after cutting the ribbon in a ceremony to unveil the new adolescent inpatient wing at Inland Northwest Behavioral Health on Feb. 4, 2020. The facility provides 25 more beds in Spokane for acute care for adolescents' emergency psychiatric needs and is located at 104 W Fifth Avenue.

Libby Kamrowski The Spokesman-Review
Dr. Dirk Dhossche, child & adolescent unit director (left with scissors) and Kamaljit Floura, chief medical officer (right with scissors) do the honors during a ribbon cutting ceremony to unveil the new adolescent inpatient wing at Inland Northwest Behavioral Health on Feb. 4, 2020. The facility provides 25 more beds in Spokane for acute care for adolescents' emergency psychiatric needs and is located at 104 W Fifth Avenue.

Libby Kamrowski The Spokesman-Review
Mayor of Spokane Nadine Woodward speaks with Dan Barth, director of business development for Inland Northwest Behavioral Health (right) during a ribbon cutting ceremony to unveil the new psychiatric inpatient adolescent unit at INBH on Feb. 4, 2020. The facility provides acute care for psychiatric needs and is located at 104 W Fifth Avenue.

Libby Kamrowski The Spokesman-Review
Kamaljit Floura, chief medical officer at Inland Northwest Behavioral Health, speaks during a ribbon cutting ceremony to unveil the new psychiatric inpatient adolescent unit at INBH on Feb. 4, 2020. The facility provides acute care for psychiatric needs and is located at 104 W Fifth Avenue.

Libby Kamrowski The Spokesman-Review
Inland Northwest Behavioral Health CEO Dorothy Sawyer speaks during a ribbon cutting ceremony to unveil the new psychiatric inpatient adolescent unit at INBH on Feb. 4, 2020. The facility provides acute care for psychiatric needs and is located at 104 W Fifth Avenue.

Libby Kamrowski The Spokesman-Review
The "noisy activity" room is seen in the new psychiatric inpatient adolescent unit on a tour following a ribbon cutting ceremony to unveil the unit at Inland Northwest Behavioral Health on Feb. 4, 2020. The facility provides 25 more beds in Spokane for acute care for adolescents' emergency psychiatric needs and is located at 104 W Fifth Avenue.

Libby Kamrowski The Spokesman-Review
The hallway in the new psychiatric inpatient adolescent unit is seen on a tour following a ribbon cutting ceremony to unveil the new unit at Inland Northwest Behavioral Health on Feb. 4, 2020. The facility provides 25 more beds in Spokane for acute care for adolescents' emergency psychiatric needs and is located at 104 W Fifth Avenue.

Libby Kamrowski The Spokesman-Review
A room for a single adolescent patient is seen on a tour following a ribbon cutting ceremony to unveil the new psychiatric inpatient adolescent unit at Inland Northwest Behavioral Health on Feb. 4, 2020. The facility provides 25 more beds in Spokane for acute care for adolescents' emergency psychiatric needs and is located at 104 W Fifth Avenue.

Libby Kamrowski The Spokesman-Review
Robert Mair, director of nursing for Inland Northwest Behavioral Health, demonstrates features in an psychiatric inpatient adolescent room on a tour following a ribbon cutting ceremony to unveil the new unit at INBH on Feb. 4, 2020. The facility provides acute care for psychiatric needs and is located at 104 W Fifth Avenue.

Libby Kamrowski The Spokesman-Review
A bathroom attached to an adolescent inpatient room is seen on a tour following a ribbon cutting ceremony to unveil the new psychiatric inpatient adolescent unit at Inland Northwest Behavioral Health on Feb. 4, 2020. The facility provides acute care for psychiatric needs and is located at 104 W Fifth Avenue.

Libby Kamrowski The Spokesman-Review
Robert Mair, director of nursing for Inland Northwest Behavioral Health, discusses features of an psychiatric inpatient adolescent room on a tour following a ribbon cutting ceremony to unveil the new unit at INBH on Feb. 4, 2020. The facility provides acute care for psychiatric needs and is located at 104 W Fifth Avenue.

Libby Kamrowski The Spokesman-Review
Secure bathroom features are seen in an inpatient adolescent room on a tour following a ribbon cutting ceremony to unveil the new psychiatric unit at Inland Northwest Behavioral Health on Feb. 4, 2020. The facility provides acute care for psychiatric needs and is located at 104 W Fifth Avenue.

Libby Kamrowski The Spokesman-Review
A bathroom attached to an inpatient adolescent room is seen on a tour following a ribbon cutting ceremony to unveil the new unit at Inland Northwest Behavioral Health on Feb. 4, 2020. The facility provides acute care for psychiatric needs and is located at 104 W Fifth Avenue.

Libby Kamrowski The Spokesman-Review
The command center for the new psychiatric inpatient adolescent unit is seen on a tour following a ribbon cutting ceremony to unveil the unit at Inland Northwest Behavioral Health on Feb. 4, 2020. The facility provides 25 more beds in Spokane for acute care for adolescents' emergency psychiatric needs and is located at 104 W Fifth Avenue.

Libby Kamrowski The Spokesman-Review
The "noisy activity" room is seen in the new psychiatric inpatient adolescent unit on a tour following a ribbon cutting ceremony to unveil the unit at Inland Northwest Behavioral Health on Feb. 4, 2020. The facility provides acute care for psychiatric needs and is located at 104 W Fifth Avenue.

Libby Kamrowski The Spokesman-Review