St. John’s facility will replace Waterford hospital, opened in 1855
Dec 01, 2023
Premier Andrew Furey says the construction of the new adult mental health and addictions centre in St. John’s is on target, and should be open by the spring of 2025.
The facility will introduce 102 new care beds into the health-care system, along with a new 60-bed hostel to replace the Agnes Cowan hostel. The 240,000-square-foot facility will replace the Waterford Hospital, which opened in 1855, as the province’s primary mental health care hospital.
“We know it is long overdue, and it will meet the demands of our changing province for generations to come,” Furey said Thursday.
“Mental health care is health care, and both are absolutely key to our well-being as Newfoundlanders and Labradorians.”
On Thursday, reporters got a look inside the new facility, which Furey said should be built by the end of 2024. Furey thanked former Premier Dwight Ball during the event for his commitment to furthering mental health care in the province, as a new hospital was a top priority of his all-party committee in 2017.