Ridge Meadows Hospital is a 148-bed acute-care hospital located in

Maple Ridge, British Columbia Maple Ridge is a city in British Columbia, Canada. It is located in the northeastern section of Greater Vancouver between the Fraser River and the Golden Ears (peaks), Golden Ears, which is a group of mountain summits which are the southernmo ...

. The hospital is part of and operated by

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, the regional health authority for the

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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. As of March 2022, the hospital is in the midst of a long-term master planning process alongside

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and Peace Arch Hospital.

Controversies

In November 2024, the hospital came under scrutiny for discharging an 86-year old blind women to a shelter in the

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neighborhood of

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References

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