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Souris Valley Mental Health Hospital
Souris Valley Extended Care Centre (Oct 2008)
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Geography
LocationWeyburn, Saskatchewan, Canada
Coordinates49°40′26.21″N 103°52′27.69″W / 49.6739472°N 103.8743583°W / 49.6739472; -103.8743583
Organization
Care systemPublic
FundingGovernment hospital
TypeCommunity
Services
Beds900 (initial)
3,000 (peak)
History
OpenedDecember 29th, 1921
Closed2006 (demolished 2009)

Souris Valley Mental Health Hospital, also called the Souris Valley Extended Care Centre, was a public hospital in Weyburn, Saskatchewan. Originally called the Saskatchewan Hospital when opened in 1921, it was the largest building in The British Commonwealth and the most expensive building erected in Saskatchewan at that time.[1] In its beginning, the hospital housed 607 patients.[2] Weyburn's hospital was considered on the cutting edge of experimental treatments for people with mental health issues. The facility had a reputation of leading the way in therapeutic programming. At its peak, the facility was home to approximately 2,500 patients. The hospital was an early example of Socio-architecture.

  1. ^ Chris Dooley, "The End of the Asylum (Town): Community responses to the depopulation and closure of the Saskatchewan Hospital, Weyburn," in Histoire Sociale Volume XLIV (November 2011): 335.
  2. ^ Jayne Melville Whyte, "Visiting the Mentally Ill: Volunteer Visitors at Saskatchewan Hospital, Weyburn 1950-1965," in Histoire Sociale Volume XLIV (November 2011): 288.

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