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Hospital adds beds, staff for opioid addiction in Alabama

By AL.com  
   August 29, 2016

The Addiction Recovery Program at UAB is adding beds and staff to better handle an influx of patients struggling with addiction to opioids and other IV drugs. The capacity will increase by 60 percent, from 10 beds to 16. The hospital has also added nurses and technicians to better serve patients in outpatient treatment. Patients typically spend a month in the inpatient program and two months on outpatient treatment.

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