Riverview Medical Center history

On May 10, 1909, Hamilton County’s first hospital opened for business.

The facility was founded in 1911 by the City of Winnipeg as the Winnipeg Municipal Hospital.

By 1913 the first permanent ward, the Male Chronic Building, opened its doors.

In 1914, Harrell Hospital and Sanatorium was sold to Hamilton County and renamed Hamilton County Hospital.

In 1922 the Boys' Industrial School for juvenile delinquents opened on the site.

Riverview Health Centre has maintained continuous accredited services since 1924.

In 1930 the Female Chronic Building opened.

In 1934 the Veterans' Block opened for "shell shock patients from the First World War.

In 1944, to meet the health needs of a growing population, hospital trustees purchased land west of Noblesville from Mr.

Construction of a new hospital began in 1949.

Plans turned to action when, in 1950, the Princess Elizabeth Hospital opened as the first long term care facility in Canada.

On May 12, 1951, the new hospital opened.

Shortly thereafter, in 1952, the hospital was renamed Riverview Hospital as an homage to its location along the banks of the White River.

In 1983, the first purpose-built day hospital was built.

The facility became known as Riverview Health Centre in 1993, when it separated from the City of Winnipeg to be incorporated as a community hospital.

Then, in 1995, construction began on a comprehensive renewal project, which entailed the demolition of the turn-of-the-century hospital buildings to make way for a new complex.

In 1998 the government announced plans to close Riverview Hospital

2000 the government announced a new 20-bed unit would be built at Riverview to house patients who are difficult to place in community residential treatment programs.

Nine women later received settlements totalling $450,000 in 2005.