Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal
| Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal | |
| McGill University Health Centre | |
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| The Royal Victoria Hospital, 1893 | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Organization | |
| Care system | RAMQ (Quebec medicare) |
| Hospital type | Teaching |
| Affiliated university | McGill University Faculty of Medicine |
| Services | |
| Speciality | General medicine, Surgery |
| History | |
| Founded | 1893 |
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| Website | http://www.royalvic.com/ |
| Lists | Hospitals in Canada |
The Royal Victoria Hospital, or as it is popularly known, the "Royal Vic", is located at 687 Pine Avenue, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
The Royal Vic is located in downtown Montreal, on the slopes of Mount Royal. There are a number of buildings, including the Surgical, Medical, Ross and Women's Pavilions and the Hershey wing housing many of the research labs. The original pavilion was designed by Henry Saxon Snell in the Scottish baronial style and was completed in 1893. The newest building, the Centennial Pavilion, houses the emergency room, the birthing centre and a large modern ICU.
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[edit] History
The hospital was established in 1893, through the financial contributions of two Scottish immigrants, Donald Smith and George Stephen. Over the years, the philanthropy of many prominent members of Montreal's English speaking community helped make the hospital a major centre of healthcare and learning.
In 1920, the hospital became a medical research institute through the Faculty of Medicine of McGill University. In 1929, Dr. Wilder Penfield established the Montreal Neurological Institute adjacent to the hospital. Among the list of medical achievements at the Royal Victoria, the first successful organ transplant in the Commonwealth was performed there in 1958, by a team led by nephrologist John Dossetor and surgeons Joe Luke and Ken MacKinnon. Today, the Royal Victoria Hospital is part of the McGill University Health Centre.
[edit] New campus
The Royal Victoria Hospital is set to move to the Glen Campus as part of the redevelopment of the MUHC. The new hospital will be built as a public-private partnership (PPP). An open bidding process between two architectural consortia will be completed in late 2009 with the selection of the winning bid. Construction will begin in 2009/2010 and will be completed in approximately 4 years.
[edit] Recognition
The Hersey Pavilion on the hospital campus, constructed in 1905, was of the first purpose-built nurses' residences in Canada. It was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1997 in recognition of the important role the building played in the training and professionalism of nurses in Canada.[1][2]
[edit] References
- ^ "Hersey Pavilion". Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada. Parks Canada. http://www.pc.gc.ca/apps/lhn-nhs/det_E.asp?oqSID=1933&oqeName=Hersey+Pavilion&oqfName=Pavillon+Hersey. Retrieved July 31, 2011.
- ^ Hersey Pavilion. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved July 31, 2011.
[edit] See also
- Montreal General Hospital
- Montreal Neurological Institute
- Molson Stadium
- Mount Royal
- Allan Memorial Institute
[edit] External links
- Neville, Terry (1994). The Royal Vic: The story of Montreal's Royal Victoria Hospital. Montreal: McGill-Queens University Press. ISBN 0-7735-1170-9. http://books.google.ca/books?id=wOA90u3S64cC&pg=PA21&lpg=PA21&dq=%22scottish+baronial%22+montreal&source=bl&ots=7MMO4k7Tx-&sig=PcvCHWxw2HxNGbsZKk5kO3uzPHE#PPA21,M1.
- Photograph: Aerial View of the Royal Victoria Hospital circa 1925. McCord Museum
- Photograph: Royal Victoria Hospital circa 1918. McCord Museum
Coordinates: 45°30′30″N 73°34′53″W / 45.50826°N 73.58145°W
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