Hôpital Pierre Boucher Explained

Hôpital Pierre-Boucher
Pierre Boucher Hospital
Org/Group:CSSS Pierre-Boucher
Location:1333 Jacques-Cartier East
Region:Longueuil
State:Quebec
Country:Canada
Map Type:Canada Greater Montreal
Coordinates:45.5382°N -73.4584°W
Healthcare:RAMQ (Quebec medicare)
Type:Acute care
Speciality:General
Emergency:I
Beds:329
Founded:1982
Website:Official website

Pierre Boucher Hospital (French: '''Hôpital Pierre-Boucher'''|italic=no) is a Canadian hospital located on Jacques Cartier Boulevard in Longueuil, Quebec. Inaugurated in 1982, the hospital is the regional health centre for 245,000 people located in the borough of Le Vieux-Longueuil, as well as the cities and towns of Boucherville, Varennes, Verchères, Sainte-Julie, Saint-Amable, Calixa-Lavallée and Contrecœur.[1]

The hospital provides general, specialized and ultraspecialized health care, and is also the location of 3,400 births per year.[2] The hospital is home to 329 beds, and its emergency department is overcrowded at 55,000 visits per year. In 2003, the Government of Quebec invested $60 million into the hospital, which was expanded and renovated. The hospital also transfers patients to the nearby, larger, Hôpital Charles-LeMoyne.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Territoire desservi. Santé Montérégie. French. 2009-08-22. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090914155019/http://www.santemonteregie.qc.ca/cssspierreboucher/apropos/csss-pb/territoire.fr.html. 2009-09-14.
  2. Web site: Le CSSS Pierre Boucher. Santé Montérégie. French. 2009-08-22. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090619165308/http://www.santemonteregie.qc.ca/cssspierreboucher/apropos/csss-pb/index.fr.html. 2009-06-19.