page_title: Saskatchewan Hospital
section_title: Original hospital
hierarchical_section_title: Saskatchewan Hospital / Original hospital
caption_attribution_description: English: New Saskatchewan Hospital North Battleford (SHNB) under construction, 2016
context_page_description: Saskatchewan Hospital North Battleford is a public psychiatric hospital in North Battleford, Saskatchewan. It is owned by the Government of Saskatchewan and operated by the Saskatchewan Health Authority. The facility has 284 beds in total, including a 96-bed secure unit for offenders with mental health needs. The new facility includes a number of modernizations to improve patient care, including:
  32 more beds,
  A "home-like" rather than institutional atmosphere,
  Scenic placement on the North Saskatchewan River with maximized views of nature from inside, and
  A cogeneration system to reduce its environmental footprint.
  The project was announced in 2011 and began construction in September 2015. It held its grand opening March 14, 2019.
  The Government of Saskatchewan committed $407 million to the project, which covers design, construction, and 30 years of maintenance. Of this, approximately $222 million is attributable to construction. The project is proceeding as a public-private partnership. Financial analysis by Ernst & Young indicated a P3 would save $90 million over the life of the project, versus a typical government-led project.
context_section_description: Built between 1911 and 1913, the facility in North Battleford was the first mental health hospital to be built in Saskatchewan, Canada.  It had 156 beds.  Prior to its establishment, patients were sent to hospitals in Manitoba.  The first superintendent of the hospital was James Walter MacNeill.  The number of patients peaked at over 4,000 in 1946; with the advent of community care throughout the province the number of patients in the facility had dropped to under 300 by 1980.
  The original hospital is located at 1 Jersey Street in the North Battleford Crown Colony, a census subdivision adjacent to the City of North Battleford. The fate of the old facility is, as yet, unknown.  The Government of Saskatchewan is accepting proposals for its future over summer 2019 and will make a decision thereafter.
caption: New SHNB under construction, July 2016
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