Staten Island Drug Rehab Program Officially Launches

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Aug. 14, 2018 - PRLog -- A drug rehab program in Staten Island, New York that recently launched will use medication-assisted treatment (MAT) to help residents of Richmond County struggling with substance use disorders.

NYC Health + Hospitals, one of the biggest public healthcare systems in the U.S., recently opened a drug rehab program to help the local residents. The drug rehab center will be able to administer MAT through the Buprenorphine Nurse Care Manager Initiative.

The 18,000 square foot facility, which cost about $28 million to construct, had a ribbon cutting ceremony on July 26.

"It's a complex project, we do a lot of community assessments to figure out where there are unmet healthcare needs and we have to reconcile those with what we can do so there is a lot of community engagement that comes into play," said Robert de Luna, a press secretary for NYC Health + Hospitals.

Mayor Bill de Blasio had placed an idea for a drug treatment center like this back in a 2016 document, which envisioned core values in building healthcare for Staten Island residents.

The main purpose of the addiction recovery program is to give opioid treatment for those who could not afford it. The Health + Hospitals report indicated that 70 percent of their patients represented were uninsured or covered by Medicaid.

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