About
ABOUT ST. MARTHA’S REGIONAL HOSPITAL (click for more)
St. Martha’s Regional Hospital was originally founded in 1906 by the congregation of the Sisters of St. Martha. Located in the historic town of Antigonish, St. Martha’s Regional Hospital has 89 in-patient beds. It is an acute care facility providing a range of primary and secondary services through in-patient, outpatient and satellites:
- Geriatric Assessment and Rehabilitation Unit (GARU)
- Medical/Surgical Services
- Children’s and Women’s Health Unit
- Psychiatry
- Progressive Care Unit (Medical/Surgical)
- Intensive Care Unit
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- Hospital-in-the-Home Program
Services:
- Cancer and Supportive Care
- Cardio respiratory
- Diagnostic Imaging
- Dialysis
- Geriatric Assessment and Rehabilitation
- Emergency Services
- Gynecology
- Palliative Care
- Internal Medicine
- Laboratory Services
- Mental Health Outpatient Services
- Obstetrics
- Nutrition and Diabetic Counseling
- Occupational Therapy
- Otolaryngology (ENT: Ear Nose and Throat)
- Ophthalmology
- Pathology
- Physiotherapy
- Plastic Surgery
- Social Work
- Spiritual and Religious Care
- General Surgery
- Volunteer Services
Board of Directors
Richard Johnson
Chair, Appointed January 2008
Jerome Grant
Past Chair, Appointed June 2006
Karen Jackman
Treasurer, Appointed June 2006
Greg Hull
Director, Appointed June 2010
Minoli Amit
Vice-Chair, Appointed June 2010
Steve Hart
Director, Appointed October 2010
Sister Marie Kelly
Director and Sister of St. Martha’s Representative
Appointed September 2009
Paul Tomlik
Director, Appointed November 2006
Marie Linden
Director and St. Martha’s Auxiliary Representative
Appointed October 2006
Bob Boutilier
Director, Appointed June 2010
Leo Gallant
Director, Appointed June 2007
Wade Ketchum
Secretary, Appointed September 2008
Jeff Dee
Director, Appointed October 2008
Janice Chiasson
Director and Sister of St. Martha’s Representative,
Appointed October 2010
John Chisholm
Director and Sister of St. Martha’s Representative,
Appointed October 2008
Sadie Benoit
Foundation Executive Director, Hired February 2010
info@smrhfoundation.com
1-902-863-1131
Key Dates in the History of St. Martha’s Regional Hospital
| 1906 | Six-bed cottage hospital opens |
| 1911 | Harris House is purchased and the hospital expands to 20 beds. The hospital is now on the grounds of its permanent home |
| 1926 | A 100-bed “state-of-the-art” brick hospital opens. St. Martha’s School of Nursing becomes affiliated with the St. Francis Xavier University permitting nursing students to obtain their Bachelor of Science Degree. |
| 1932 | The province’s Department of Health builds a 50-bed unit as an annex to combat TB |
| 1951 | The new hospital wing was opened, bringing the bed capacity to 203. |
| 1957 | The Department of Health closes the TB unit. |
| 1989 | A new 175-bed building is built using funds raised through private fundraising efforts and government funds. The old hospital is demolished. |
| 1990 | The hospital restructures to house 75 beds as a result of cutbacks in government funding and a change in the way hospital services are delivered. |
| 1996 | The Eastern Regional Health Board assumes responsibility of the facility from the Sisters of St. Martha. A Mission Assurance Agreement is signed by the Sisters of St. Martha, the Eastern Regional Health Board and the Department of Health, ensuring the Catholic identity of St. Martha’s Regional Hospital. |
| 2001 | The Eastern Regional Health Board is dissolved and district health authorities are formed. The Guysborough Antigonish Strait Health Authority assumes responsibility for the administration of the hospital. |
