Ridge Meadows Hospital
{{Short description|Hospital in Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada}}
{{Use mdy dates|date = February 2025}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox hospital
| name = Ridge Meadows Hospital
| org/group = Fraser Health
| location = 11666 Laity St.
Maple Ridge, British Columbia
Canada
| healthcare = Public medicare
| beds = 148
| opened = March 1, 1958
| other_links = Hospitals in Canada
}}
Ridge Meadows Hospital is a 148-bed acute-care hospital located in Maple Ridge, British Columbia.{{Cite web |last=Tucker |first=Brandon |date=2023-09-25 |title=Ridge Meadows Hospital celebrates 65 years of treating the community |url=https://www.mapleridgenews.com/community/ridge-meadows-hospital-celebrates-65-years-of-treating-the-community-4508429 |access-date=2025-02-25 |website=Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows News |language=en}} The hospital is part of and operated by Fraser Health, the regional health authority for the Fraser Valley.
History
First opened as Maple Ridge Hospital in 1958, the hospital originally had 63 beds.
In January 2009, the hospital opened a new $20.9-million emergency room and outpatient care centre expansion.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2009-01-29 |title=NEW ER AND PATIENT CARE CENTRE OPENS IN MAPLE RIDGE |url=https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/news_releases_2005-2009/2009otp0014-000106.htm |access-date=2025-02-25 |website=archive.news.gov.bc.ca}} As of March 2022, the hospital is in the midst of a long-term master planning process alongside Abbotsford Regional Hospital and Peace Arch Hospital.{{Cite web |last=Peters |first=Jessica |date=2022-03-10 |title=Master planning project ahead for three Fraser Health hospitals |url=https://www.mapleridgenews.com/news/master-planning-project-ahead-for-three-fraser-health-hospitals-2666122 |access-date=2025-02-25 |website=Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows News |language=en}}
= Controversies =
In November 2024, the hospital came under scrutiny for discharging an 86-year old blind women to a shelter in the Downtown Eastside neighborhood of Vancouver.{{Cite news |last=Carrigg |first=David |last2=Luymes |first2=Glenda |date=November 28, 2024 |title=B.C. family outraged after hospital sends 86-year-old blind woman to Downtown Eastside shelter |url=https://vancouversun.com/news/bc-family-outraged-hospital-86-year-old-blind-woman-downtown-eastside-shelter |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20241129090440/https://vancouversun.com/news/bc-family-outraged-hospital-86-year-old-blind-woman-downtown-eastside-shelter |archive-date=2024-11-29 |access-date=2025-02-25 |work=Vancouver Sun |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Corbett |first=Neil |date=2024-11-29 |title=Maple Ridge hospital taxied blind senior to Downtown Eastside shelter |url=https://www.vicnews.com/home2/maple-ridge-hospital-taxied-blind-senior-to-downtown-eastside-shelter-7679366 |access-date=2025-02-25 |website=Victoria News |language=en}}
References
{{Hospitals in the Lower Mainland|state=collapsed}}
{{coord missing|British Columbia}}
Category:Hospitals in British Columbia