But a new state of the art facility in Charleston is stepping up to provide quality care and jobs.

It’s been 19 years in the making with its fair share of obstacles.

"We've had mergers that have failed, failed properties,” James Strawn, Director of Marketing and Community Education, Highland Hospital said. “Four years ago this hospital, we were going to break ground on it and the market crashed."

But on Thursday, the new Highland Hospital debuted in Charleston. A hospital that county leaders said is setting itself a part from others across the country.

"Charleston and Kanawha County is becoming a medical mecca for the state,” Kent Carper, President, Kanawha County Commission said. “Just like Morgantown is very significant, so is the presence in the medical community in Charleston, Kanawha County. This really enhances the complete picture of taking care of someone, physically and mentally."

The hospital saw a need to build after having to turn away hundreds of patients due to lack of beds. The new 73,000 square foot facility will have 98 beds, nearly doubling it’s current capacity.

"The more patients we are able to take in and help recover, the fewer who will have out there who will need the treatment and not get it," Dr. Rahul Gupta, Kanawha-Charleston Health Department said.

More beds and better treatment.

"We finally have a therapeutic environment that is bright, and shiny and airy and really built therapeutically for behavioral health disorders and to treat those suffering from depression, or anxiety, schizophrenia, substance abuse and other behavioral health issues," Strawn said.

And it’s also creating more jobs. The hospital will bring 30 to 40 new jobs making it an economic driver in the Kanawha Valley.

A state of the art facility also helping thousands of West Virginian’s suffering from mental health issues each year.

Hospital officials said they plan on moving patients from the current facility into the new building in mid-July.