- Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont
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Coordinates: 45°34′26″N 73°33′30″W / 45.57389°N 73.55833°W
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 800 beds. It employs 5,000 people and 3,000 students annually. It is the largest hospital in Quebec.
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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 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.
References
- ^ "Un peu d'histoire" (in French). Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont. http://www.maisonneuve-rosemont.org/pages/h/hopital/HMRUnPeuDhistoire.aspx?lang=FR-CA. Retrieved 22 February 2010.
Bibliography
- Denis Goulet, L'hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, une histoire médicale, 1954-2004, Septentrion, 2004.
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