Jeffery Hale - Saint Brigid's is a publicly funded health establishment located in

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. It provides a range of

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services to the population of Quebec's Capitale-Nationale (Greater Quebec City) region.

History

In 1856, Reverend Father Bernard McGauran founded Saint Brigid's Home as a shelter for Irish immigrants, widows and orphans. In 1864, philanthropist

Jeffery Hale Jeffery Hale (April 19, 1803 – November 13, 1864) was a philanthropist in Lower Canada. Biography The son of Elizabeth Frances Amherst and John Hale, he was born in Quebec City and was educated in England. Hale served in the Royal Navy f ...

left a sum of money in his will to found a hospital to care for Protestants of all denominations.

Merger

In 2007, these two health establishments merged. Jeffery Hale - Saint Brigid's is legally mandated as a residential and long-term care centre (

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- ''Centre d'hébergement de soins de longue durée'') with complementary missions for hospital centre services and community (

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-type) services in English. Jeffery Hale - Saint Brigid's also has the mandate to serve the region's English-speaking population. Hopital Jeffery Hale avant 1895.jpg, Jeffery Hale et tour Martello 3.jpg, Saint Brigids Home, Grande Allee, 1930.jpg,

References

External links

Jeffery Hale - Saint Brigid's - Official Website

Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online - Hale, Jeffery

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Irish priests in the Diocese of Quebec in the nineteenth century
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