Montreal General Hospital

Montreal General Hospital
McGill University Health Centre
As seen from Pine Avenue
Montreal General Hospital is located in Montreal
Montreal General Hospital
Location in Montreal
Geography
Location1650, avenue Cedar
Montreal, Quebec
H3G 1A4
Coordinates45°29′50″N 73°35′19″W / 45.4973°N 73.5885°W / 45.4973; -73.5885
Organisation
Care systemRAMQ (Quebec medicare)
TypeTeaching
Affiliated universityMcGill University Faculty of Medicine
NetworkMcGill University Health Centre
Services
Emergency departmentLevel I Trauma Center
Beds479
SpecialityGeneral medicine, Surgery, Trauma, Orthopedics, Psychiatry, Thoracic Surgery
Public transit access Guy-Concordia
History
Opened1820
Links
Websitehttps://muhc.ca/mgh

The Montreal General Hospital (MGH) (French: Hôpital général de Montréal) is a hospital in Montreal, Quebec, Canada established in the years 1818–1820. The hospital received its charter in 1823. It is currently part of the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) and is located on Mount Royal, at the intersection of Pine Avenue (Avenue des Pins) and Côte-des-Neiges Road. It has six pavilions: A, B, C, D, E and Livingston (L); plus a research centre in a separate building next to the L pavilion.

The first MGH was built at the corner of Craig Street (today St. Antoine) and St. Lawrence Boulevard and only had 24 beds. Having outgrown this space, it moved to a new 72-bed building on Dorchester Boulevard (now René-Lévesque) between St. Dominique and De Bullion Streets; today this facility is a long-term care centre. In 1924, the hospital merged with the Western General Hospital (currently the D & E wings of the former Montreal Children's Hospital) building at the corner of Tupper Street and Atwater Avenue. The current location was opened on October 4, 1955, by Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood.

The MGH has been designated by the Quebec government as one of three Level I trauma centres in the province, the others being the Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal and Hôpital de l'Enfant-Jésus in Quebec City.[1]

The MGH has been affiliated with McGill since 1832 and was one of the first teaching hospitals.

In 2019, Newsweek ranked the hospital 6th in Canada and 2nd in Quebec.[2]

  1. ^ "Opinion: Humboldt tragedy shows value of helicopter ambulances". montrealgazette.com. April 11, 2018. Retrieved February 15, 2021.
  2. ^ "THESE ARE THE 20 BEST HOSPITALS IN CANADA: REPORT".