Nova Scotia Hospital
Nova Scotia Hospital | |
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Nova Scotia Health Authority | |
![]() Nova Scotia Hospital | |
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![]() ![]() Location in Nova Scotia | |
Geography | |
Location | 300 Pleasant Street, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada |
Coordinates | 44°39′06″N 63°32′58″W / 44.6517°N 63.5495°WCoordinates: 44°39′06″N 63°32′58″W / 44.6517°N 63.5495°W |
Organization | |
Care system | Public Medicare (Canada) |
Type | Teaching |
Affiliated university | Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine |
Services | |
Beds | 116 |
Speciality | Psychiatric |
History | |
Opened | 1852 |
Links | |
Website | Nova Scotia Hospital |
Lists | Hospitals in Canada |
The Nova Scotia Hospital, known locally as The NS or Mount Hope, is a psychiatric hospital in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. Operated by the Nova Scotia Health Authority, it is the province's largest and oldest mental health facility. Co-founded by the Hon. Hugh Bell[1] and Dorothea Dix, it opened in 1856 as the Mount Hope Asylum for the Insane and today it is a fully accredited teaching facility affiliated with Dalhousie University.
Since its founding in 1852, the Nova Scotia Hospital has a rich and long history. It supported patients during World War I and II, and the Halifax Explosion.[2] It has undergone expansion and constant improvement with the addition of buildings which support adolescent, adult, and geriatric patient care ranging from day programs, outpatient, short-term stay, and long-term stay.
The former Nova Scotia Hospital Foundation is now the .
See also[]
- Dartmouth General Hospital – located on the opposite side of Pleasant Street
References[]
- ^ Canadian Biography - Hugh Bell
- ^ [Mount Hope then and now: A history of The Nova Scotia Hospital Paperback – 1996 by A. H MacDonald ]
External links[]
- Hospital buildings completed in 1858
- Psychiatric hospitals in Canada
- Teaching hospitals in Canada
- Hospitals in Halifax, Nova Scotia
- Hospitals established in 1858
- 1858 establishments in Nova Scotia
- 1858 establishments in Canada
- Canadian hospital stubs