Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont

Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont
Location in Montreal
Geography
Location Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Coordinates 45°34′26″N 73°33′30″W / 45.573889°N 73.558333°W / 45.573889; -73.558333Coordinates: 45°34′26″N 73°33′30″W / 45.573889°N 73.558333°W / 45.573889; -73.558333
Organization
Care system RAMQ (Quebec medicare)
Funding Public hospital
Hospital type Teaching
Affiliated university Université de Montréal Faculty of Medicine
Services
Beds 800
History
Founded 1971
Links
Website http://www.maisonneuve-rosemont.org
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Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont is a hospital in Montreal, located in the borough of Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie. It serves the eastern part of the city and offers 700 beds. It employs 5,000 people and 3,000 students annually. It is the largest hospital in Quebec.

History

Construction of the Sanatorium Saint-Joseph (now the pavillon Rosemont of the hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont) located on boulevard Rosemont in Montréal

Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont was founded in 1971 as a result of a merger of two previous hospitals: Hôpital Maisonneuve and Hôpital Saint-Joseph de Rosemont.[1]

Hôpital Maisonneuve was founded by the Grey Nuns in 1954, and housed a nursing school and the Montreal Heart Institute. Hôpital Saint-Joseph de Rosemont was founded in 1950 by the Misericordia Sisters. It specialized in treating Tuberculosis.

Specialization

Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont offers general medical care, but it is known for specializing in a few particular areas: Ophthalmology, Stem cell treatments of various cancers and Nephrology.

References

  1. ↑ "Un peu d'histoire" (in French). Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont. Retrieved 22 February 2010.

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