Montreal General Hospital
| Montreal General Hospital | |
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| McGill University Health Centre | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | 1650, avenue Cedar Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3G 1A4 |
| Coordinates | 45°29′50″N 73°35′19″W / 45.4973°N 73.5885°WCoordinates: 45°29′50″N 73°35′19″W / 45.4973°N 73.5885°W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | RAMQ (Quebec medicare) |
| Hospital type | Teaching |
| Affiliated university | McGill University Faculty of Medicine |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | I |
| Beds | 479 |
| Speciality | General medicine, Surgery, Trauma, Orthopedics |
| History | |
| Founded | 1820 |
| Links | |
| Website | http://www.muhc.ca/pfv/mgh/ |
The Montreal General Hospital (MGH) (French: Hôpital Général de Montréal) is a hospital in Montreal, Quebec, Canada was established in the years 1818-1820. The hospital received its charter in 1823. It is currently part of the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) and is located on Mount Royal, at the intersection of Pine Avenue (Avenue des Pins) and Côte-des-Neiges Road. It has six pavilions: A, B, C, D, E and Livingston (L); plus a research centre in a separate building next to the L pavilion.
The first MGH was built at the corner of Craig Street (today St. Antoine) and St. Lawrence Boulevard and only had 24 beds. Having outgrown this space, it moved to a new 72-bed building on Dorchester Boulevard (now René-Lévesque) at St. Dominique Street; today this facility is a long-term care centre. In 1924, the hospital merged with the Western General Hospital (currently the D & E wings of the former Montreal Children's Hospital) building at the corner of Tupper Street and Atwater Avenue. It moved to its current location in 1955.
The MGH has been designated by the Quebec government as one of two Level I trauma centres in Montreal, (the other being the Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal).
The MGH has been affiliated with McGill since 1832 and was one of the very first teaching hospitals.
Fund-raising to establish an English hospital in Montreal was undertaken in the years 1818-1820. The growing needs of the English-speaking population led to several charities, among them the Female Benevolent Society of Montreal and the Society for the Relief of Immigrants, to ask for help in building a new hospital. At this time, Montreal had two hospitals: the Grey Nuns' Hopital General and the Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal).
In 1819 enough money had been received to lease a building on Craig Street to accommodate 24 patients and this small hospital opened on May 1, 1819. By 1820 enough money had been subscribed to purchase property on Dorchester and St Dominique streets. The cornerstone of the new Montreal General Hospital was laid in 1821 and the 72-bed hospital building opened in 1822. The hospital received its first dharter in 1823.
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