Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont is a hospital in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, located in the boroughs of Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie and Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve. It serves the eastern part of the city and offers 800 beds. It employs 5,000 people and 3,000 students annually.
| Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont | |
|---|---|
| CIUSSS de l'Est-de-L’Île-de-Montréal | |
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  Location in Montreal | |
| Geography | |
| Location | 5415, boulevard de l'Assomption Montreal, Quebec, Canada H1T 2M4 |
| Coordinates | 45°34′26″N 73°33′30″W / 45.573889°N 73.558333°W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | RAMQ (Quebec medicare) |
| Funding | Public hospital |
| Type | Teaching |
| Affiliated university | Université de Montréal Faculty of Medicine |
| Services | |
| Beds | 800 |
| Public transit access |   Assomption |
| History | |
| Opened | 1971 |
| Links | |
| Website | Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont |
History
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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 built in 1948 and was founded in 1950 by the Misericordia Sisters. It specialized in treating tuberculosis.
Specialization
editHôpital 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
edit- ^ "Un peu d'histoire" (in French). Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont. Archived from the original on 28 October 2009. Retrieved 22 February 2010.
Bibliography
edit- Denis Goulet, L'hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, une histoire médicale, 1954-2004, Septentrion, 2004.
External links
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- Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont (in French)
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