2020-226 - 4101-SMHC Anti-Ligature Devices in Patient Areas

The Selkirk Mental Health Centre (SMHC) is a 252-bed facility that provides specialized inpatient mental health and acquired brain injury treatment and rehabilitation services to residents of Manitoba whose challenging needs cannot be met elsewhere in the provincial health care system. In order to ensure the safety of patients and staff funding has been allocated to carry out the necessary renovations to remove ligature points and other protrusions that enable self – harm in facilities where mental health patients require privacy.