Opened in 1965, Mission Memorial Hospital is a community hospital that provides primary acute care services, including an Emergency Room that operates 24 hours a day/7 days a week, an Inpatient Medical Unit and Ambulatory Day Care, as well as laboratory and medical imaging services, four outpatient clinics and a Patient Assessment and Transition to Home unit, which eases congestion at neighbouring hospitals. The hospital is also home to the 10-bed Christine Morrison Hospice Residence and the Community Health Centre, which houses Home Health, Mental Health and Public Health programs. In 2017, Mission Memorial Hospital saw 22,611 Emergency Room visits, provided care to 1,302 acute inpatients and experienced 48,170 visits to ambulatory care.