| Nova Scotia Hospital | |
|---|---|
| Nova Scotia Health Authority | |
 | |
  Location in Nova Scotia | |
| Geography | |
| Location | 300 Pleasant Street, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Coordinates | 44°39′06″N 63°32′58″W / 44.6517°N 63.5495°W |
| Organization | |
| Care system | Public Medicare (Canada) |
| Type | Teaching |
| Affiliated university | Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine |
| Services | |
| Beds | 116 |
| Speciality | Psychiatric |
| History | |
| Opened | 1852 |
| Links | |
| Website | Nova Scotia Hospital |
| Lists | Hospitals in Canada |
The Nova Scotia Hospital, known locally as The NS or Mount Hope, is a psychiatric hospital in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. Operated by the Nova Scotia Health Authority, it is the province's largest and oldest mental health facility. Co-founded by the Hon. Hugh Bell[1] and Dorothea Dix, it opened in 1856 as the Mount Hope Asylum for the Insane and today it is a fully accredited teaching facility affiliated with Dalhousie University.
Since its founding in 1852, the Nova Scotia Hospital has a rich and long history. It supported patients during World War I and II, and the Halifax Explosion.[2] It has undergone expansion and constant improvement with the addition of buildings which support adolescent, adult, and geriatric patient care ranging from day programs, outpatient, short-term stay, and long-term stay.
The former Nova Scotia Hospital Foundation is now the Mental Health Foundation of Nova Scotia.
- ^ Canadian Biography - Hugh Bell
- ^ [Mount Hope then and now: A history of The Nova Scotia Hospital Paperback – 1996 by A. H MacDonald ]