Montfort Hospital
| Hôpital Montfort | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | 713 Montreal Road, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Organization | |
| Care system | Public Medicare (Canada) (OHIP) |
| Hospital type | Teaching |
| Affiliated university | University of Ottawa |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Yes |
| Beds | 289 |
| History | |
| Founded | 1953 |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Lists | Hospitals in Canada |
Hôpital Montfort (Montfort Hospital) is an academic health science centre affiliated with the University of Ottawa. It delivers short-term primary and secondary health care in French and English. The hospital serves over 1.2 million residents of Eastern Ontario. Montfort is the only hospital in Ottawa administered in French and the only Francophone academic health care institution west of the province of Quebec.
In 2014 Montfort obtained its accreditation with exemplary standing from Accreditation Canada. It also earned recognition from the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO) as a Best Practice Spotlight Organization. In June 2013 the hospital was designated a Group A teaching hospital.
The executive management team is led by Chief Executive Officer Dr. Bernard Leduc. The medical team reports to Chief of Staff Dr. Guy Moreau. The President of the Board of Trustees is Suzanne Clément.
Hôpital Montfort opened in 1953. It was secularized in 1970. In the late 1980s it was rebuilt with a large modern section added.
Montfort offers a wide range of care and services, including emergency services, surgery, a mental health program and a Family Birthing Centre.
Originally named Saint-Louis-Marie-de-Montfort, the hospital was founded in 1953. It was managed by the Daughters of Wisdom, a Catholic order, until 1969. At the time considered one of the most advanced hospitals in existence, it opened with emergency, surgical and radiology departments, a laboratory, 200 adult beds and 50 children’s beds. Its humanist approach quickly cemented the hospital’s important place in the community.
The hospital became non-denominational and public in 1970. Various projects over the ensuing years helped modernize the hospital and expand its range of services. The psychiatry and orthopedics departments, intensive care unit, cardio-pulmonary and electroencephalography services were introduced in the 1970s. The Montfort Long-Term Care Centre (formerly the Pavillon de la Sagesse), located behind the hospital, took in its first residents in 1978. The palliative care department was created a few years later. In 1992 the South Wing (currently Wing A) opened. It housed a number of departments, including the emergency department, the surgical unit and a new nursing care unit.
In the same year, the hospital signed an agreement with the University of Ottawa. The affiliation between the Faculty of Medicine and Montfort brought the clinical teaching of family medicine into a Francophone setting.
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