Media Advisory - CAMH Celebrates Revitalized Psychiatric Emergency Department

TORONTO, Oct. 29, 2014 /CNW/ - With increasing demand on Ontario's only psychiatric emergency department, CAMH has improved and doubled the space available for 24/7 care for patients in a mental health or addiction crisis.

Thanks to an outstanding $2.5 million gift, CAMH is announcing the official opening of the Gerald Sheff and Shanitha Kachan Emergency Department, a vital step in the hospital's breakthrough transformation of mental health care. The renewed emergency department was also made possible by a $4.2 million grant from Ontario's Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care.

Media are invited to join Dr. Catherine Zahn, CAMH President and CEO; Trinity-Spadina MPP Han Dong; Toronto businessman Gerald Sheff and Shanitha Kachan, a Director of the CAMH Foundation Board; Darrell Gregersen, President and CEO, CAMH Foundation, for the announcement, photo opportunities and ribbon cutting.  

Date:	October 30, 2014
Time:	9:00 a.m.
Location:	250 College Street,
	Entrance located on College Street
	Toronto, ON

The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) is Canada's largest mental health and addiction teaching hospital and a world leading research centres in this field. CAMH combines clinical care, research, education, policy development and health promotion to help transform the lives of people affected by mental illness and addiction. CAMH is fully affiliated with the University of Toronto, and is a Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization Collaborating Centre. For more information, please visit www.camh.ca

SOURCE: Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

Media contact: Kate Richards, Media Relations, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), 416 535-8501 ext. 36015, [email protected]