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 Montréal, and one of the largest hospitals in Quebec.
It is one of only three hospitals in the province with a
Level 1 Trauma Center.
History
In
downtown Montreal
Downtown Montreal ( French: ''Centre-Ville de Montréal'') is the central business district of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
The district is situated on the southernmost slope of Mount Royal, and occupies the western portion of the borough of Vil ...
on June 1, 1898, the day of the
Feast of the Sacred Heart, a group of women founded a small hospital named Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal to care for a dozen ill individuals deemed the "incurables".
[ Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal]
In 1902, the administration of the hospital was taken over by the
Sisters of Providence, and a new building with 375 beds was built on Décarie Boulevard; it was known as Hôpital des Incurables. The building was destroyed
by fire in March 1923, and in 1926 a new building
[ 1926 : Nouvel édifice] was built on
Gouin Boulevard in Cartierville, where it still stands today. With the new building, the administration reverted to using the original name, Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal.
The new hospital was initially focused on the treatment of
tuberculosis. Considered a
sanatorium, it became an important teaching hospital for
pulmonary illness.
In 1931, Édouard Samson founded the
orthopedics department, which eventually became the largest institution for training orthopedic surgeons in the province of Quebec.
In 1973, the Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal was affiliated with the Université de Montréal as its medical and health-sciences teaching hospital. The Albert-Prévost Institute merged with the hospital to form a centre for psychiatric patients.
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See also
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Centre hospitalier universitaire de Montréal (CHUM)
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McGill University Health Centre
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Montreal General Hospital
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McGill University Faculty of Medicine
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Montreal Chest Institute
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Montreal Children's Hospital
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Montreal Neurological Institute
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Royal Victoria Hospital
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St. Mary's Hospital
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Jewish General Hospital
External links
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Hospitals in Montreal
Hospital buildings completed in 1902
Hospital buildings completed in 1926
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Hospitals established in 1898
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