5.7.11

Bell makes record $10M donation for mental health

Published on thestar.com may 2011

I was very impressed to hear that Bell Canada had contributed $10 million to Toronto’s Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, the largest corporate donation ever made to mental health in the country.

Money raised by the CAMH Foundation supports patient treatment, research into earlier diagnosis and prevention mental illness and addiction, as well as the hospital’s ongoing redevelopment.

When phase 1 of CAMH’s redevelopment is completed next year, the Queen St. W. campus will be a renewed mid-rise, mixed-use development, with more patient beds and better integration with the city.
CAMH also operates a specialized emergency room on College St. at Spadina for patients with mental illness.

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