History | About NEMHC | Northeast Mental Health Centre

The Northeast Mental Health Centre has been providing mental health services to the northeast Ontario region for 50 years, as the Ontario Hospital, the North Bay Psychiatric Hospital, Network North in Sudbury, Sudbury Algoma Hospital and as we know it today, the Northeast Mental Health Centre.

2007		October - NEMHC celebrates 50 years providing mental health services to northeast Ontario and focuses its energies on being the specialized mental health service provider for the entire region.
2007		NEMHC transfers district acute services serving Sudbury and Manitoulin to the Hôpital régional Sudbury Regional Hospital (before 1999 these services were provided by Network North).
2005		The Government divests NBPH to the Northeast Mental Health Centre.
2000		Network North officially becomes the Northeast Mental Health Centre / Centre de santé mentale du nord-est
1999		Health Services Restructuring Commission recommends the creation of the Northeast Mental Health Centre to assume governance and management of Network North (Algoma Hospital) and the pending divestment of the North Bay Psychiatric Hospital.
1989		Official name change from Sudbury Algoma Hospital to Network North - The Community Mental Health Group
1981		NBPH accommodates 300 inpatients and runs outpatient and community services throughout the northeast.
1981		Official name change from Sudbury Algoma Sanatorium to the Sudbury Algoma Hospital
1968		Outpatient services and 14 bed Child Care Unit opens at Sudbury Algoma Sanatorium
1967		Ontario Hospital changes its name to the North Bay Psychiatric Hospital and remains under the Government.
1957		Ontario Hospital North Bay opens to serve northeast Ontario, is owned and operated by the Government of Ontario and can accommodate 1200 patients.
1952		Sudbury Algoma Sanatorium opens 163 beds.