St. Mary's Hospital (Montreal)

St. Mary's Hospital (French: Centre hospitalier de St-Mary) is a hospital located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Affiliated with McGill University, St. Mary's is an independent teaching hospital. The hospital is located at 3830 Lacombe Avenue in the borough of Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce. 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.

St. Mary's Hospital
Location in Montreal
Geography
Location3830, avenue Lacombe
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
H3T 1M5
Coordinates45.494722°N 73.624167°W / 45.494722; -73.624167
Organisation
Care systemRAMQ (Quebec medicare)
TypeTeaching
Affiliated universityMcGill University Faculty of Medicine
Services
Emergency departmentYes
Beds271
SpecialityOncology, General surgery
History
Opened1924
Links
Websitehttp://www.smhc.qc.ca/en/

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 Canadian Centre for Architecture) in the Shaughnessy Village neighbourhood of Downtown Montreal, it has since moved to its current location in 1934 where it has 271 beds.



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