Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont is a hospital in 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...

, located in the borough of Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie

Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie

Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie is a borough in the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is located in the centre-east of the city.-Geography:...

. It serves the eastern part of the city and offers 800 beds. It employs 5,000 people and 3,000 students annually. It is the largest hospital in Quebec.

History

Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont was founded in 1971 as a result of a merger of two previous hospitals: Hôpital Maisonneuve and Hôpital Saint-Joseph de Rosemont.

Hôpital Maisonneuve was founded by the Grey Nuns

Grey Nuns

The Order of Sisters of Charity of Montreal, formerly called The Order of Sisters of Charity of the Hôpital Général of Montreal and more commonly known as the Grey Nuns of Montreal, is a Canadian order of Roman Catholic religious sisters...

 in 1954, and housed a nursing school

Nursing school

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 and the Montreal Heart Institute

Montreal Heart Institute

The Montreal Heart Institute , in Montreal, Quebec, is a specialty hospital dedicated to the development of cardiology. Founded in 1954 by Paul David, it is currently affiliated with the Université de Montréal....

. Hôpital Saint-Joseph de Rosemont was founded in 1950 by the Misericordia Sisters. It specialized in treating Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis

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Specialization

Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont offers general medical care, but it is known for specializing in a few particular areas: Ophthalmology

Ophthalmology

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, Stem cell treatments

Stem cell treatments

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 of various cancer

Cancer

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s and Nephrology

Nephrology

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