St. Mary's Hospital (french: Centre hospitalier de St-Mary) is a

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general hospital located in

Montreal Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous city in the Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple ...

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, Canada. Affiliated with

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, St. Mary's is an independent

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. The hospital is located at 3830 Lacombe Avenue in the borough of

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. Serving a very ethnically diverse community, staff members are able to communicate in over 30 different languages. St. Mary's is an integral part of the Réseau universitaire intégré de santé (RUIS) McGill.

History

St. Mary's Hospital was founded in 1924 by Sister Helen Morrissey and Dr. Donald A. Hingston. First a 45-bed institution located at ''Shaughnessy House'' (now the

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) in the

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neighbourhood of Downtown Montreal, it has since moved to its current location in 1934 where it has 271 beds.

References

External links

St. Mary's Hospital (http://www.smhc.qc.ca/en/)

St. Mary's Hospital Foundation (http://www.stmaryshospitalfoundation.ca/en/home)

Addition to St. Mary's Hospital, Montréal, Québec, 1938 (exterior perspective view), John S. Archibald collection

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