VANCOUVER – Bell Let’s Talk has made a $1 million donation towards a new mental health centre at Vancouver General Hospital that will be known as the Joseph & Rosalie Segal Family Health Centre.
When it opens in Spring 2017, the Centre will be the largest purpose-built mental health facility in British Columbia and one of the largest in Canada. Located on the grounds of Vancouver General Hospital, the new 131,800 square feet, state-of-the-art mental health building will consolidate mental health inpatient and outpatient programs into one facility, increasing capacity and access to care for people living with mental illness.
Construction has already begun on the $82 million LEED Gold building. In addition to support from Bell, the Government of British Columbia and many VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation corporate and private donors have supported the campaign, including Vancouver philanthropists Joseph and Rosalie Segal with a lead gift of $12 million – one of the largest personal gifts ever given to support mental health care in Canada.
“We're grateful to have the opportunity to put the finishing touch to VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation's fundraising campaign for the Joseph & Rosalie Segal Family Health Centre”, said Mary Deacon, chair of Bell Let's Talk, in the news release. “Bell Let's Talk is proud to support the Joseph & Rosalie Segal Family Health Centre alongside other leading hospitals and other institutions across Canada that are expanding care options and driving new research in mental health care."
