Relocation project for mental health services begins

THE relocation project for a learning disability unit in Carlow has got underway, with a sod-turning ceremony on the grounds of St Dympna’s Hospital.

Kelvin Grove is a learning disability unit attached to the Health Service Executive’s mental health services in Carlow/Kilkenny.

Local community services health manager Anna Marie Lanigan and mental health and elderly care services manager Mary O’Hanlon officiated at the sod-turning ceremony, while staff and management were also present.