Hôtel-Dieu de Québec
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Quebec City
Quebec , also Québec, Quebec City or Québec City is the capital of the Canadian province of Quebec and is located within the Capitale-Nationale region. It is the second most populous city in Quebec after Montreal, which is about to the southwest...
, Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
and affiliated with Université Laval
Université Laval
Laval University is the oldest centre of education in Canada and was the first institution in North America to offer higher education in French...
's medical school. It is part of the Centre hospitalier universitaire de Québec
Centre hospitalier universitaire de Québec
Centre hospitalier universitaire de Québec is a network of three teaching hospitals affiliated with the medical school of Université Laval and several specialized institutions in Quebec City....
(CHUQ), a network of three teaching hospitals and several specialized institutions. Its areas of expertise include cancer
Cancer
Cancer , known medically as a malignant neoplasm, is a large group of different diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the...
treatment, kidney disease and cochlear implants. It has an affiliated research centre, the Centre de recherche de L’Hôtel-Dieu de Québec. It was founded by Augustinians
Augustinians
The term Augustinians, named after Saint Augustine of Hippo , applies to two separate and unrelated types of Catholic religious orders:...
in 1639 and was the first hospital in Canada and in North America. It was administered by the Augustinian order until 1962.