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| current_status = Active | | current_status = Active | ||
| − | | building_style = [[Kirkbride Planned Institutions|Kirkbride Plan]] | + | | building_style = [[Kirkbride Planned Institutions|Kirkbride Plan]] [[Cottage Planned Institutions|Cottage Plan]] |
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| location = Halifax, NS | | location = Halifax, NS | ||
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*Mount Hope Asylum for the Insane | *Mount Hope Asylum for the Insane | ||
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== History == | == History == | ||
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In the years of 1900-1902 the Superintendent became quite concerned over the lack of treatment facilities which were being offered, and he questioned why it was any wonder that 55% of the patients coming to the hospital had remained insane, and it was not rather a marvel that so many had recovered under conditions so unfavourable. He stressed the need for a small admission building, planned very differently from the present hospital building into which a new patient could be received without being at the very outset compelled to associate with others in various stages of mental degradation, and without being made to feel that he is but one of a vast community in which the share of attention he can receive is very much smaller than that which he feels his case demands. | In the years of 1900-1902 the Superintendent became quite concerned over the lack of treatment facilities which were being offered, and he questioned why it was any wonder that 55% of the patients coming to the hospital had remained insane, and it was not rather a marvel that so many had recovered under conditions so unfavourable. He stressed the need for a small admission building, planned very differently from the present hospital building into which a new patient could be received without being at the very outset compelled to associate with others in various stages of mental degradation, and without being made to feel that he is but one of a vast community in which the share of attention he can receive is very much smaller than that which he feels his case demands. | ||
| − | + | In 1952, the newly constructed EC Purdy building was completed. This was known at the time as the Admissions Building or the South Unit. | |
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| − | + | In 1968 a nurses residence, Simpson Hall, was opened. | |
| − | + | Named after one of the hospitals founders, Hugh Bell, the Hugh Bell Central Services Building opened in 1974. It features a full service kitchen and cafeteria, pool, gymnasium, library, and houses the maintenance shop. | |
| − | The boiler plant and laundry services facility were housed in one building. The laundry services facility was contracted to also provide services for other hospitals in the district in Halifax and rural areas, including the | + | The boiler plant and laundry services facility were housed in one building. The laundry services facility was contracted to also provide services for other hospitals in the district in Halifax and rural areas, including the Cole Harbour Rehab. In 1976, the boiler plant was expanded to provide capacity apart of a contract for the newly constructed Dartmouth General Hospital which was built across the street from the Nova Scotia Hospital. |
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1992 saw the construction and opening of the new 'Extended Care Facility' named Mount Hope Building. | 1992 saw the construction and opening of the new 'Extended Care Facility' named Mount Hope Building. | ||
| − | The DeWolfe Building was demolished in October of 1996 | + | The DeWolfe Building was demolished in October of 1996. |
| − | + | Simpson Hall was demolished in 2004, and in 2012 Simpson Landing was constructed in the same location and used as a transitional care unit. | |
| − | + | ==Books== | |
| + | *'''[https://www.amazon.ca/Mount-Hope-then-now-Hospital/dp/0968157807 Mount Hope then and now: A history of The Nova Scotia Hospital]''' (Mount Hope: Then and Now) By: A. H. MacDonald | ||
| − | ==Images | + | ==Images== |
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<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
file:Nova Scotia.png|200px|thumb|left|North Unit | file:Nova Scotia.png|200px|thumb|left|North Unit | ||
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file:nsh6.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Simpson Hall | file:nsh6.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Simpson Hall | ||
file:nsh7.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Drawing of multiple buildings on the NS Campus | file:nsh7.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Drawing of multiple buildings on the NS Campus | ||
| + | file:nsh8.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Princess Alexandra Childrens Unit | ||
| + | file:nsh10.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Marshall Treatment Unit | ||
| + | file:nsh11.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Hugh Bell pool | ||
| + | file:nsh12.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Hugh Bell gymnasium | ||
| + | file:nsh13.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Simpson Landing | ||
| + | file:nsh14.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Simpson Landing Kitchens | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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[[Category:Nova Scotia]] | [[Category:Nova Scotia]] | ||
[[Category:Kirkbride Buildings]] | [[Category:Kirkbride Buildings]] | ||
| − | [[Category:Active | + | [[Category:Demolished Institution]] |
| + | [[Category:Active]] | ||
