Montreal Chinese Hospital
| Montreal Chinese Hospital Hôpital chinois de Montréal 满地可中华医院 | |
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  Location in Montreal | |
| Geography | |
| Location | 189, avenue Viger Est Montreal, Quebec, Canada H2X 3Y9 |
| Coordinates | 45°30′34″N 73°33′29″W / 45.509505°N 73.557954°W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | RAMQ (Quebec Health Insurance Board) |
| Services | |
| Beds | 128 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1920 |
| Links | |
| Website | montrealchinesehospital |
The Montreal Chinese Hospital (French: Hôpital chinois de Montréal, Chinese: 满地可中华医院; pinyin: Mǎndekě Zhōnghuá Yīyuàn) is a long-term care hospital located on Viger Avenue, just east of Le Quartier Chinois.
The hospital primarily serves as a long-term care Hospital and Reception Centre. Its primary mandate is to serve the Chinese Canadian community residing in the province of Quebec. It is the only Chinese hospital in Canada.[1] The Montreal Chinese Hospital has 128 beds.[2]
History
The Montreal Chinese Hospital traces its history to the 1918 flu pandemic. The Venerable Delia Tétreault (Mother Mary of the Holy Spirit) set up a 7-bed emergency shelter on Clark Street serving 55 Chinese men during the 1918 flu pandemic.[2][3]
This temporary shelter closed its doors in 1919, and the Nuns returned to their convent. In 1919 or 1920, the Chinese community in Montreal acquired a former synagogue, to serve as their permanent hospital, located at 112 De la Gauchetière Street (it is now a commercial building), in present-day Chinatown. Health care would be provided at this location for the next 45 years.[3] The city of Montreal declared the location unfit to serve as a medical institution in 1962, and the following year the Chinese community raised CAD$1,000,000 toward constructing a new facility.[3] A new 65-bed hospital opened in 1965 located at 7500 Saint-Denis Street, corner Faillon Street East, in the borough of Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension. The Montreal Chinese Hospital joined the Quebec Hospital Association in 1966, and from then on, its operating expenses were covered by the Quebec government.[4] [5][6]
The current location of the hospital was constructed from 1997 to 1999. The new location on Viger Street opened its doors in April 1999, following a successful fund raising campaign.[3]
See also
Other Chinese hospitals and health care serving local Chinese communities:
- San Francisco Chinese Hospital
- Yee Hong Centre for Geriatric Care - Greater Toronto Area
- Tung Wah Group of Hospitals - Hong Kong
- Chinese General Hospital and Medical Center - Manila
References
- ^ "About us: Introduction — Preamble". about: Montreal Chinese Hospital. 2009. Archived from the original on 5 July 2010. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
- ^ a b Turcotte, Huguette (1 January 2004). "Hospitals for Chinese in Canada: Montreal (1918) and Vancouver (1921)". Canadian Catholic Historical Association (CCHA) Historical Studies. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 January 2014. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
- ^ a b c d "History of the Hospital". Montreal Chinese Hospital. 2009. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
- ^ David Chuenyan Lai, Chinatowns: Towns within Cities in Canada (Victoria: U. of British Columbia Press, 1988), pp. 101, 149, 154.
- ^ Les Urbain culteurs website, at http://urbainculteurs.org/en/chinese-hospital-of-montreal Archived 2 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine .
- ^ CanadaHelps.org website, at https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/women-s-auxiliary-montreal-chinese-hospital-dames-auxiliaire/ .
- Lewis Hong Chow, Engineering a Successful Life (Victoria, Br. Col: Trafford Publishing, 2005).
External links
- Montreal Chinese Hospital (in English, French, and Chinese)