McLeod Leaders Sign Steel Beam for the New Florence Behavioral Care Facility

McLeod Health President Donna Isgett, Dr. Matt Johnson and AVP Tim Smoak signed the steel beam that will be installed in the New Jean and Hugh K. Leatherman Behavioral Care Pavilion on May 16 at the Brighter Days Conference. The beam has been traveling throughout Florence and was also on the campus of McLeod Regional Medical Center on May 16 for staff to sign.

Caption: Tim Smoak, Donna Isgett and Dr. Matt Johnson sign the steel beam for the Jean and Hugh K. Leatherman Behavioral Care Pavilion on May 16 at the Brighter Days Conference.

In addition to signing the beam, McLeod staff attended the first annual Brighter Days Conference held at the Florence Center. McLeod also served as a sponsor of the event. The conference was being provided as a free community service in support of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention’s Project 2025 to reduce suicide by 20% by 2025. The event included education and training for first responders, healthcare personnel and public and church-based school staff.

In June 2023, McLeod Health, the Medical University of South Carolina, Francis Marion University, HopeHealth and the City of Florence joined Governor Henry McMaster, South Carolina House Speaker Murrell Smith, the South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (SCDHHS) and the South Carolina Department of Mental Health (SCDMH) to announce this historic, collaborative investment in South Carolina’s behavioral health system.