Hospital History and Pictures

Protest  in 1969

The hospital was built on property acquired from the Maryfield Tennis Club.  The total cost of construction was 34,000.

When completed in 1948, the eight bed facility was rated at 7 beds for grant purposes. (Page 370)

Maryfield Memorial Hospital

In December of 1967, the provincial government decided, unilaterally, to withdraw operating grants to the Maryfield Union Hospital effective August 1, 1968.  After the closure of the hospital, the village went into a major decline, in population and in services.  Never before had the community worked together with such single purpose as in it's fight to retain it's Hospital. (Page 371)

Maryfield people protesting the closure of the hospital at the Legislative Building in Regina, 1969.  Other towns represented were Neudorf, Quill Lake, LeRoy and Hodgeville.