St. Mary's Hospital (French: Centre hospitalier de St-Mary) is a hospital located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[1][2] Affiliated with McGill University's medicine programs, St. Mary's is an independent teaching hospital. The hospital is located at 3830 Lacombe Avenue[3] 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.[4] St. Mary's is an integral part of the Réseau universitaire intégré de santé (RUIS) McGill.[5]
History
St. Mary's Hospital was founded in 1924 by Sister Helen Morrissey and Dr. Donald A. Hingston.[6] 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.[7]
References
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- 2."Home". St. Mary's General Hospital. Retrieved 2022-11-06.
- 3."About Us : St-Mary's Hospital". www.smhc.qc.ca. Retrieved 2026-05-12.
- 4."About Us : St-Mary's Hospital". www.smhc.qc.ca. Retrieved 2026-05-12.
- 5."St. Mary's hospital study sheds light on impact of lack of access to family doctors on emergency departments in Quebec". Health e-News. 2012-03-22. Retrieved 2026-05-12.
- 6."St Mary's". Maude Abbott Medical Museum. Retrieved 2022-11-06.
- 7.Hustak, Alan (2013). At the Heart of St. Mary's: A History of Montreal's St. Mary's Hospital Centre. Montreal: Véhicule Press.