The Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM, translated as University of Montreal Health Centre) is one of two major healthcare networks in the city of
Montreal
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, Quebec. It is a
teaching institution affiliated with the French-language
Université de Montréal
The Université de Montréal (UdeM; ; translates to University of Montreal) is a French-language public research university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university's main campus is located in the Côte-des-Neiges neighborhood of Côte-de ...
. The CHUM is one of the largest hospitals in Canada; a public not-for-profit corporation, it receives most of its funding from Quebec taxpayers through the
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as mandated by the
Canada Health Act
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. The CHUM's primary mission is to provide
inpatient
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and
ambulatory care
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to its immediate urban clientele and specialized and ultraspecialized services to the broader metropolitan and provincial population. Its mandate also includes
pure
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and
applied research
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, teaching, and the evaluation of medical technology and best healthcare practices. Every year, more than 500,000 patients are admitted for care at the CHUM.
As of October 2017, the CHUM's hospital operations are being concentrated in the new megahospital complex, also called the CHUM, located adjacent to the former Saint-Luc Hospital. In addition, the CHUM has several additional satelitte sites around the megahospital and also continues to maintain operations at
Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal
The Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal (founded in 1645) was the first hospital established in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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until 2021.
History
The CHUM was founded in 1995 through the merger of three hospitals :
Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal
The Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal (founded in 1645) was the first hospital established in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
''Hôtel-Dieu'', literally translated in English as ''Hotel of God'', is an archaic French term for hospital, referring to the origi ...
,
Hôpital Notre-Dame
Hôpital Notre-Dame ( en, Notre Dame Hospital) is a hospital in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is located on Sherbrooke Street East in the borough of Ville-Marie, across from La Fontaine Park. It was established in 1880, and has been at its prese ...
, and
Hôpital Saint-Luc
Hôpital Saint-Luc was a hospital in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, at the intersection of Saint Denis Street and René Lévesque Boulevard in the borough of Ville-Marie. It was named in honor of Luke the Evangelist, who is the patron saint of doctors ...
. Prior to the concentration of services at the megahospital site, the three campuses formed interdependent components of the CHUM network; together, they hosted 1,259
beds
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Most modern beds consist of a soft, cushioned mattress on a bed frame. The mattress rests either on a solid base, often wood slats, or a sprung base. Many be ...
and employ 330 managers, 881 physicians, 1,300 researchers and educators, 1,458
technician
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Specialisation
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s, and 4,273 nurses.
An additional 3,394 employees and 530 volunteers supported the work of the main staff.
Ever since its creation in 1995, the CHUM was intended as a single-site hospital, however, numerous delays in the project meant that it had to function for two decades as an inefficient network of three hospitals in close proximity to each other. The
government of Quebec
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finally decided on a location for the new mega-hospital in 2005, and construction began in 2010 with an estimated price-tag of over two billion dollars. The entire project is scheduled to be completed in 2019.
The long and troubled history of the CHUM superhospital began in 1999, when then-health minister
Pauline Marois
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announced that the megaproject would go ahead for a price tag of 700 million dollars and be built at 6000,
Saint Denis Street
Saint Denis Street (officially in french: Rue Saint-Denis) is a major north–south thoroughfare in Montreal, Quebec.
It extends from the Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours Chapel on Saint Paul Street in Old Montreal to the bank of the Rivière des Pra ...
, the site of a major bus depot.
In 2003, the incoming
Liberal
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government of
Jean Charest
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questioned this decision and launched a commission presided by
Daniel Johnson and
Brian Mulroney
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to study other sites.
In 2004, the commission recommended that the hospital be instead built on the 1000, Saint Denis site adjacent to the existing Saint-Luc hospital. That same year however, many prominent Québécois, led by Université de Montréal rector
Robert Lacroix
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and former Premier
Lucien Bouchard
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Minister for two years in the Mulroney cabinet, Bouchard then led the emerging Bloc Québécois and became Leader of the Opposition in the House ...
, publicly pushed for the hospital to be built on the site of the
Outremont
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rail yard, leading to a media controversy and new delays.
Finally, on March 24, 2005, the government announced its final decision : the megahospital would be built adjacent to the Saint-Luc hospital, as per the recommendation of the commission.
Development
Work began in 2010 with Phase 1, the new CHUM research centre and integrated training centre which was opened in 2013.
Phase 2, the main hospital, was completed in 2017. Phase 3, the administrative buildings, is expected to be completed in 2019, following demolition of Hôpital Saint-Luc.
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, in a joint venture with Spain's
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, is delivering the project as a public-private partnership (PPP).
Facilities and operations
Current
Megahospital site
The central campus of the CHUM, itself simply known as the CHUM, is located at 1051 Sanguinet Street, with underground access to
Champ-de-Mars
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metro station. It was opened to patients on October 8, 2017.
Two secondary buildings of the central campus are located on Saint-Denis Street and were both built during the first phase of the megahospital between 2010 and 2013. Pavillon Edouard Asselin at 264 Rene-Levesque East Boulevard, built in 1959 and formerly part of the now-defunct
Hôpital Saint-Luc
Hôpital Saint-Luc was a hospital in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, at the intersection of Saint Denis Street and René Lévesque Boulevard in the borough of Ville-Marie. It was named in honor of Luke the Evangelist, who is the patron saint of doctors ...
, is also a component of the megahospital.
Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal
The Hôtel-Dieu is Canada's second oldest healthcare institution, founded in 1645. Located on
Saint Urbain Street
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near
downtown Montreal
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, it functioned as a full service
teaching hospital
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and maintained an
emergency department
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with
level II trauma care capabilities. The hospital contained the CHUM's advanced
palliative care
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departments, and offers specialized and ultraspecialized acute and chronic care in
cardiology
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and
pulmonology
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. It was home to Canada's largest and busiest
burn
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and
neuro-vascular units.
Inpatients were moved to the megahospital on 5 November 2017, but Hôtel-Dieu will remain partially in operation for non-emergency health care and administrative offices until the final phase of the central campus has been finalized in 2021.
As such, Hôtel-Dieu remains affiliated with the CHUM for the time being.
Former
Hôpital Notre-Dame
The Notre-Dame hospital, located on
Sherbrooke Street
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east of downtown, functioned as a full service teaching hospital, with an emergency department with level II trauma care capabilities. The facility was home to the CHUM's
gerontology
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,
psychiatry
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Initial psych ...
,
neurology
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,
ophthalmology
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,
oncology
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and surgery departments, offering
organ transplantation
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,
orthopedic surgery
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,
neurosurgery
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,
neuro-oncology
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,
radio-oncology, and
uro-oncology services.
Its inpatients were moved to the megahospital on November 27, 2017.
It ended its affiliation with the CHUM and returned into being a general hospital, integrated to the CIUSSS du Centre-Sud-de-l’Île-de-Montréal network.
Hôpital Saint-Luc
The Saint-Luc hospital, located at the intersection of
Saint Denis Street
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and
René Lévesque Boulevard
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in one of the poorest areas of Montreal, was a full-service teaching hospital and maintains an emergency department with advanced level I trauma care capabilities. The hospital was home to the CHUM's
geriatrics
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,
endocrinology
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,
dermatology
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,
hepatology
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,
gastroenterology
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,
gynecology
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, nephrology and
social services
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departments.
With the arrival of the megahospital immediately south of its facilities, it was closed on October 8, 2017, with its remaining inpatients transferred to the CHUM on that date. The hospital was demolished in 2018 to make room for the upcoming final phase of the megahospital.
See also
*
McGill University Health Centre
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, the other major hospital network in Montreal and one of only two bilingual hospitals in the province;
*
Centre hospitalier universitaire Sainte-Justine
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, one of the largest children's hospital in North America, affiliated with the Université de Montréal;
*
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 ...
, the second-largest hospital in the city and the province, also affiliated with the Université de Montréal.
*
Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal
The Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal is a district general hospital in the Cartierville neighbourhood of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, bordering on Saint-Laurent.
It is one of the largest teaching hospitals affiliated with the Université de M ...
References
External links
*
/www.chumontreal.qc.ca Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal
*
/fondationduchum.com/fr CHUM Foundation
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