Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont

Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont
Location in Montreal
Geography
Location	Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Coordinates
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
Lists	Hospitals in Canada

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.

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.

Bibliography

• Denis Goulet, L'hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, une histoire médicale, 1954-2004, Septentrion, 2004.

External links

• Official website (French)