Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre

Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre is a hospital near Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada. Located next to Highway 104 in the rural community of Upper Nappan, Cumberland Regional serves residents of Cumberland County.

Cumberland Regional
Health Care Centre
Nova Scotia Health Authority
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre is located in Nova Scotia
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
Location in Nova Scotia
Geography
LocationUpper Nappan, Nova Scotia, Canada
Coordinates45.8041°N 64.1968°W / 45.8041; -64.1968
Organisation
FundingPublic hospital
TypeRegional
Services
Emergency departmentYes
History
OpenedOctober 2002

History

A charitable organisation, the Highland View Regional Hospital Foundation, was established in 1993 to raise funds toward a replacement for the old Highland View Regional Hospital in Amherst.

In October 1997, Nova Scotia premier Russell MacLellan and health minister Jim Smith formally announced that the hospital would be replaced, with the province covering 75 per cent of the construction cost of a new facility.[1]

The new hospital, designed by Halifax architecture firm William Nycum and Associates, was built with a floor area of approximately 163,000 square feet (15,100 m2) and 78 acute care inpatient beds. The building is organised around a two-storey main corridor designed to allow natural light into the hospital interior.[2] It opened in October 2002.[3]

Initially operated by the Cumberland Health Authority, management of the hospital was transferred to the new Nova Scotia Health Authority after Nova Scotia's regional health authorities were dissolved in 2015.[4]

The hospital made national headlines in January 2023 following the death of a 37-year-old woman, Allison Holthoff, after she waited around seven hours for treatment in the emergency department. The death has been viewed as emblematic of worsening crisis in Nova Scotia's healthcare system.[5][6]

Facilities

Cumberland Regional has a 24-hour emergency department.[7]

References
  1. "HEALTH—New Hospital For Residents of Cumberland County". News Release Archive. Province of Nova Scotia. 6 October 1997.
  2. "Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre". William Nycum and Associates Limited. 2006. Archived from the original on 9 May 2008.
  3. "Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre". Our Hospitals. Cumberland Health Authority. Archived from the original on 9 July 2011.
  4. "Cumberland Health Authority Financial Statements" (PDF). Cumberland Health Authority. 31 March 2015. p. 7.
  5. Seguin, Nicola (9 January 2023). "'The system is obviously broken,' says N.S. man whose wife died in ER". CBC.
  6. Beswick, Aaron (8 January 2023). "Dying in Cumberland: Deputy fire chief, mother of 3 latest victim of N.S. health-care crisis". SaltWire Network.
  7. "Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre". Nova Scotia Health Authority. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
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