Montreal General Hospital
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The Montreal General Hospital 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...

, 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...

, established on May 1, 1819 and an early teaching hospital
Teaching hospital
A teaching hospital is a hospital that provides clinical education and training to future and current doctors, nurses, and other health professionals, in addition to delivering medical care to patients...

. First located on the corner of Craig (today St-Antoine) and St-Lawrence Streets with only 24 beds, it moved in 1822 to a new 72-bed building on Dorchester Street. It is currently situated on Mount Royal
Mount Royal
Mount Royal is a mountain in the city of Montreal, immediately west of downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada, the city to which it gave its name.The mountain is part of the Monteregian Hills situated between the Laurentians and the Appalachians...

, at the intersection of Cedar Avenue and Côte-des-Neiges Road
Côte-des-Neiges Road
Côte-des-Neiges Road is a street in Montreal, home to Plaza Côte-des-Neiges and served by Métro Côte-des-Neiges...

. It is one of several English-language hospitals in Montreal.

MGH is a part of the McGill University Health Centre
McGill University Health Centre
The McGill University Health Centre is a network of teaching and community hospitals in Montreal, Quebec, Canada affiliated with McGill University....

 (MUHC) network of teaching hospitals associated with McGill University
McGill University
Mohammed Fathy is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Glasgow, Scotland, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university...

.

MGH has been designated by the Quebec government a level one trauma centre
Trauma center
A trauma center is a hospital equipped to provide comprehensive emergency medical services to patients suffering traumatic injuries. Trauma centers grew into existence out of the realization that traumatic injury is a disease process unto itself requiring specialized and experienced...

, one of two in Montreal (the other being the Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal
Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal
The Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal is a hospital in the Cartierville neighbourhood of Montreal, in Quebec, Canada.It is one of the largest teaching hospitals affiliated with the Université de Montréal, and one of the largest hospitals in Quebec....

).

A similar hospital under the same ownership exists with the same name as Montreal Children's Hospital
Montreal Children's Hospital
The Montreal Children's Hospital is a tertiary care pediatric teaching Hospital affiliated with the McGill University Health Centre. It is also the only pediatric facility serving the McGill Réseau Universitaire Intégré Santé...

.

Redevelopment

The present location of the MGH is sited for the expansion and development into the MUHC Mountain campus, which will house the cardiac critical care and level one trauma centres. The campus will also be the future site of the Montreal Neurological Hospital
Montreal Neurological Institute
The Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital is an academic medical centre dedicated to neuroscience research, training and clinical care. The Institute is part of McGill University and the Hospital is one of the five teaching hospitals of the McGill University Health Centre, in Montreal,...

 upon its relocation from its present site in McGill University.

Notable physicians

  • Carl Goresky
    Carl Goresky
    Carl Arthur Goresky, OC was a Canadian physician and scientist at the Montreal General Hospital. His theoretical treatment of the transport of substances through intact organs, which formed the basis of his PhD thesis, led the basis for the understanding of events within the microvasculature.In...

    , his theoretical treatment of the transport of substances through intact organs led the basis for the understanding of events within the microvasculature
  • Phil Gold
    Phil Gold
    Phil Gold, CC, OQ, FRSC, FRCPC, MACP is a Canadian physician, scientist, and professor.Born in Montreal, Quebec, he received a B.Sc. degree in 1957, a M.Sc. degree in 1961, a M.D. degree in 1961, and a Ph.D. in 1965 from McGill University.In 1968, he co-discovered with Samuel O...

    , a physician and scientist. In 1968, he co-discovered with Samuel O. Freedman
    Samuel O. Freedman
    Samuel Orkin Freedman, OC, CQ, FRSC is a Canadian clinical immunologist, professor and academic administrator. In 1965, he co-discovered with Phil Gold the carcinoembryonic antigen, the basis of a blood test used in the diagnosis and management of people with colorectal cancer.Born in Montreal,...

     the carcinoembryonic antigen
    Carcinoembryonic antigen
    Carcinoembryonic antigen is a glycoprotein involved in cell adhesion. It is normally produced during fetal development, but the production of CEA stops before birth. Therefore, it is not usually present in the blood of healthy adults, although levels are raised in heavy smokers...

     (CEA), which resulted in a blood test used in the diagnosis and management of people with cancer.

See also

  • McGill University Health Centre
    McGill University Health Centre
    The McGill University Health Centre is a network of teaching and community hospitals in Montreal, Quebec, Canada affiliated with McGill University....

    • Royal Victoria Hospital
    • Montreal Children's Hospital
      Montreal Children's Hospital
      The Montreal Children's Hospital is a tertiary care pediatric teaching Hospital affiliated with the McGill University Health Centre. It is also the only pediatric facility serving the McGill Réseau Universitaire Intégré Santé...

    • Montreal Neurological Institute
      Montreal Neurological Institute
      The Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital is an academic medical centre dedicated to neuroscience research, training and clinical care. The Institute is part of McGill University and the Hospital is one of the five teaching hospitals of the McGill University Health Centre, in Montreal,...

    • Montreal Chest Institute
      Montreal Chest Institute
      Montreal Chest Institute is a health centre in Montreal specializing in respiratory medicine....

  • Jewish General Hospital
  • Centre hospitalier universitaire de Montréal
    Centre hospitalier universitaire de Montréal
    The Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal , or Université de Montréal's Hospital Center, is one of the two major hospital networks in Montreal, the other being the McGill University Health Centre...

     (CHUM)
  • Dawson College shooting
    Dawson College shooting
    The Dawson College shooting occurred on September 13, 2006 at Dawson College, a CEGEP in Westmount near downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The perpetrator, Kimveer Gill, began shooting outside the de Maisonneuve Boulevard entrance to the school, and moved towards the atrium by the cafeteria on the...


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