Care system Public Hospital type Mental health | Funding Government hospital | |
Location North Battleford Crown Colony, Saskatchewan, Canada Network Prairie North Health Region Beds 4,000 (peak)
252 (current)
284 (proposed for 2018) | ||
Saskatchewan Hospital was the first mental health hospital to be built in Saskatchewan, Canada. Prior to being established patients were sent to hospitals in Manitoba. The first superintendent of the hospital was James Walter MacNeill. The number of patients peaked at over 4,000 in 1946, with the advent of community care throughout the province the number of patients in the facility had dropped to under 300 by 1980.
The current hospital is located at 1 Jersey Street in the North Battleford Crown Colony, a census subdivision adjacent to the City of North Battleford. In 2011, the provincial government announced plans to construct a new building to house the hospital. The current hospital has 252 beds, but this will increase to 284 beds once construction of the replacement hospital is completed in spring of 2018.