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.