Mental Health Centre Penetanguishene

Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care
Geography
Location	Penetanguishene, Ontario, Canada
Organization
Care system	Public Medicare (Canada) (OHIP)
Hospital type	Specialist
Services
Speciality	Psychiatric hospital
History
Founded	1904
Links
Website	http://www.waypointcentre.ca
Lists	Hospitals in Canada

Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care (formerly Mental Health Centre Penetanguishene), also known as Waypoint Centre de soins de santé mentale is a 312-bed psychiatric hospital located on Georgian Bay in the Town of Penetanguishene, approximately 150 km north of Toronto. Waypoint provides an extensive range of both acute and longer-term psychiatric inpatient and outpatient services to Simcoe County, Dufferin County and Muskoka/Parry Sound. In addition, Waypoint provides the province's only maximum secure forensic hospital for clients served by both the mental health and justice systems. The hospital is recognized for the provision of exceptional care to those most needing mental health services, research of severe behaviours associated with mental illness and for its contributions to the understanding of mental illness.

External links

• [http://www.waypointcentre.ca}