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Riverview Mental Health | |
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BC Mental Health & Addiction Services | |
Geography | |
Location | 2601 Lougheed Hwy, Coquitlam, BC V3C 4J2, British Columbia, Canada |
Coordinates | 49°14′48″N 122°48′20″W / 49.246544°N 122.805602°W |
Organization | |
Care system | Medicare (Canada) |
Type | Specialist |
Services | |
Emergency department | No |
Beds | Over 800 |
Specialty | Psychiatric |
History | |
Opened | April 1, 1913[1] |
Closed | July 2012 |
Links | |
Lists | Hospitals in Canada |
Riverview Hospital was a Canadian mental health facility located in Coquitlam, British Columbia. It operated under the governance of BC Mental Health & Addiction Services until it closed, in July 2012.[2] In December 2015, the provincial government announced plans to replace the obsolete buildings with new mental health facilities, scheduled to open in about 2019.[3] On October 12, 2021, the new Red Fish Healing Centre for Mental Health and Addiction opened on the site.
At one time, Riverview Hospital was known as Essondale Hospital, for Henry Esson Young (1862–1939), who played an important role in establishing the facility. The neighbourhood where the hospital is located also became known as the Essondale neighbourhood.