IWK receives $25M for mental health, addictions services – CBC
Halifax hospital gets largest individual donation in its history
Sep 09, 2024
A historic donation to the IWK Health Centre will help Maritime children who are living with mental health and addictions issues.
The Halifax hospital announced Monday it had received $25 million from the Garron family, representing what the IWK Foundation called the largest individual donation in health care in the Atlantic region.
Berna and Myron Garron, who is originally from Westport, N.S., have previously donated to the IWK Health Centre and their philanthropy led to the creation in 2014 of the Garron Centre for Child & Adolescent Mental Health.
Their latest financial support will be used to improve mental health and addictions services for youth, children and families for both urgent and non-urgent cases, creating what the hospital describes as a “mental health and addictions ecosystem.”
That includes the creation of a dedicated mental health waiting room in the emergency department and the connection of eight integrated youth services sites to provide patients with more options for their care.
