East Coast Forensic Hospital
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(902) 460-7300
The East Coast Forensic Hospital (ECFH) works in partnership with the Departments of Health and Justice. This is the first time in Canada that both a Hospital and Correctional Facility are co-located to make the most efficient use of shared resources and services Both facilities are independently operated and managed such that correctional inmates and forensic clients are separate at all times.
The ECFH is unique within Capital Health in that that the people it serves come strictly from the judicial system.There are two rehabilitation units with 30 beds each and a 24 bed Mentally Ill Offender Unit where court ordered assessments are performed and treatment is provided to offenders diagnosed with mental illness.
The ECFH also manages the Provincial Sex Offender Program and provides primary health care to the province’s corrections population through the Offender Health Services Program.
