Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont Explained

Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont
Org/Group:CIUSSS de l'Est-de-L’Île-de-Montréal
Map Type:Canada Montreal
Location:
Montreal
State:Quebec
Country:Canada
H1T 2M4
Coordinates:45.5739°N -73.5583°W
Address:5415 De l'Assomption Boulevard
Healthcare:RAMQ (Quebec medicare)
Funding:Public
Type:Teaching
Affiliation:Université de Montréal Faculty of Medicine
Beds:800
Founded:1971
Publictransit: Assomption
Website:Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont

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.

History

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

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.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Un peu d'histoire . Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont . French . 22 February 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091028125542/http://www.maisonneuve-rosemont.org/pages/h/hopital/HMRUnPeuDhistoire.aspx?lang=FR-CA . 28 October 2009 .