Hotel Dieu Hospital is a hospital in Kingston, Ontario

Kingston, Ontario

Kingston, Ontario is a Canadian city located in Eastern Ontario where the St. Lawrence River flows out of Lake Ontario. Originally a First Nations settlement called "Katarowki," , growing European exploration in the 17th Century made it an important trading post...

. It is affiliated with Queen's University

Queen's University

Queen's University, , is a public research university located in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Founded on 16 October 1841, the university pre-dates the founding of Canada by 26 years. Queen's holds more more than of land throughout Ontario as well as Herstmonceux Castle in East Sussex, England...

, and is a partner within Kingston's university hospitals, delivering health care, conducting research and training the health care professionals.

History

In 1841 the Catholic bishop of Kingston, Remigius Gaulin, asked the Religious Hospitallers of Saint Joseph (RHSJ) of Montreal

Montreal

Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...

 to send a group of sisters

Nun

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 to establish a Catholic Hospital in his city to provide care for the poor Irish Catholic immigrants in the city. The RHSJs, however, were unable to find suitable buildings for their hospital until 1845. On September 2, 1845, Mother Amable Bourbonniere along with Sisters Huguette Claire Latour, Emilie Barbarie, and Louise Davignon, accompanied by their benefactress, Miss Josephine Perras and Mr. Laframboise, a friend of the community, arrived in Kingston. They stayed with the Kingston Notre Dame

Congregation of Notre Dame

The Congregation of Notre Dame was founded in 1653 by Marguerite Bourgeoys in Montreal, Canada. This was one of the first non-cloistered communities. The community's motherhouse has continued to be based in Montreal...

 Sisters for two days, and then moved into their hospital, located in a small limestone building, now 229 Brock St., on September 4, 1845. The Kingston RHSJs saw their first patient on September 7th. By the end of October, they had refurbished and moved into their monastery, located at 233 Brock St., allowing them to have a men's ward on the main floor of the Hospital and a women's ward on the second floor.

In 1892, the hospital was moved to its present location on Sydenham Street, which formerly housed Regiopolis College

Regiopolis-Notre Dame Catholic Secondary School

Regiopolis - Notre Dame Catholic Secondary School is a secondary school located in Kingston, Ontario, Canada offering grades 9 to 12...

. In 1846 Alexander Macdonell (bishop)

Alexander Macdonell (bishop)

Bishop Alexander Macdonell was the first Roman Catholic bishop of Kingston, Upper Canada.-Early years:...

 established Regiopolis College

Regiopolis-Notre Dame Catholic Secondary School

Regiopolis - Notre Dame Catholic Secondary School is a secondary school located in Kingston, Ontario, Canada offering grades 9 to 12...

, which offered academic and theological training to Roman Catholic youth. The original building is now part of the Hotel Dieu Hospital (Kingston)

Hotel Dieu Hospital (Kingston)

Hotel Dieu Hospital is a hospital in Kingston, Ontario. It is affiliated with Queen's University, and is a partner within Kingston's university hospitals, delivering health care, conducting research and training the health care professionals.-History:...

.

The main wing of the Hotel Dieu Hospital, the Jeanne Mance Wing, completed in 1984, is named for a woman sent by the RHSJ to New France

New France

New France was the area colonized by France in North America during a period beginning with the exploration of the Saint Lawrence River by Jacques Cartier in 1534 and ending with the cession of New France to Spain and Great Britain in 1763...

 in 1641. Jeanne Mance

Jeanne Mance

Jeanne Mance was a French settler of New France. She was one of the founders of Montreal who secured its survival and was the founder and head of the Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal.-Origins:...

, a lay woman, was given the responsibility of founding a hospital and caring for the sick in New France. In 1642, she arrived in what is now Montreal and founded the first Hotel Dieu Hospital

Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal

The Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal is the oldest hospital in Montreal, Quebec. Since 1996 it has been one of the three hospitals making up the Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal ....

 in 1645.

Urgent Care Walk In Clinic

It is the urgent care centre for Kingston. All patients who are ambulatory

Ambulatory

The ambulatory is the covered passage around a cloister. The term is sometimes applied to the procession way around the east end of a cathedral or large church and behind the high altar....

 and who are experiencing minor illness or injuries that that cannot wait for a family doctor are directed to attend this clinic. The clinic is open from 8 am – 10 pm, 365 days/year.

Clinics

• Outpatient pediatrics
  Pediatrics
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• Cardiology
  Cardiology
  Cardiology is a medical specialty dealing with disorders of the heart . The field includes diagnosis and treatment of congenital heart defects, coronary artery disease, heart failure, valvular heart disease and electrophysiology...
  
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• Ophthalmology
  Ophthalmology
  Ophthalmology is the branch of medicine that deals with the anatomy, physiology and diseases of the eye. An ophthalmologist is a specialist in medical and surgical eye problems...
  
  ,
• diabetes education,
• breast assessment,
• Day surgery,
• Urgent care
  Urgent care
  Urgent care is the delivery of ambulatory care in a facility dedicated to the delivery of medical care outside of a hospital emergency department, usually on an unscheduled, walk-in basis. Urgent care centers are primarily used to treat patients who have an injury or illness that requires immediate...
  
   and mental health programs
  Mental health
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External links

• Hotel Dieu Hospital - Official web site.
• History of Hotel Dieu - Official web site.