Timeline
1874
The Hospital for Mental and Nervous Disorders opens in St. John’s.
![Waterford Hospital, St. John's, Eastern Health, n.d.](https://namhaf.easternhealth.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/40/2021/10/Waterford-Hospital-Eastern-Health-nd.jpg)
The hospital is renamed the Waterford Hospital.
1972
2016
The Government of Newfoundland and Labrador commits $2.5 million to support further planning and design of a new facility to replace the Waterford Hospital.
![The Way Forward: Towards Recovery: The Mental Health and Addictions Action Plan for NL](https://namhaf.easternhealth.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/40/2021/10/The-Way-Forward-Towards-a-Recovery_Report-Cover-e1633440285932.jpg)
The All-Party Committee on Mental Health and Addictions releases Towards Recovery: A Vision for a Renewed Mental Health and Addictions System for Newfoundland and Labrador. The report acknowledges that the replacement of the Waterford Hospital is an urgent priority.
2017
2018
The Provincial Government announces $6.1 million for a new state of the art mental health and addictions facility.
A request for proposals (RFP) is issued by the Provincial Government for a new 102-bed Mental Health and Addictions facility, including a 1,000 parking space garage to be built on the Health Sciences Centre campus.
2019
2020
Avalon Healthcare Partnership is announced as the successful proponent of the RFP.
![construction work on the new adult mental health and addictions facility in St. John's](https://namhaf.easternhealth.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/40/2021/10/Drone-footage_NAMHAF.jpg)
Construction begins on the parking garage.
2020-21
2021
![Construction works begins on the new adult mental health and addictions hospital in St. John's, NL](https://namhaf.easternhealth.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/40/2021/10/Constructions-work-namhf.jpg)
Site excavation work begins on the new mental health and addictions facility.
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