Mental health clinic moving outside hospital

From the February 17th edition of the Halifax Chronicle Herald:

BRIDGEWATER - The South Shore's outpatient mental health unit is being moved from the hospital to leased space in a call centre.

The clinic will move into the Resolve building on Dufferin Street in Bridgewater in April, along with addiction services. The in-patient unit will remain in South Shore Regional Hospital in Bridgewater.

Kevin McNamara, CEO of the South Shore district health authority, said the move will make services more accessible to client and open up much-needed space in the hospital. The emergency and ambulatory care areas are particularly cramped.

Phil Langford, vice-president of operations for South Shore Health, said he is working on a plan to make best use of the space that will become available in the hospital and expects to present that to the board at the end of March.

Photograph courtesy of the Town of Bridgewater.