Centre hospitalier universitaire Sainte-Justine

CHU Sainte-Justine
Université de Montréal Faculty of Medicine
Centre hospitalier universitaire Sainte-Justine is located in Montreal
Centre hospitalier universitaire Sainte-Justine
Location in Montreal
Geography
Location3175, chemin de la Côte-Sainte-Catherine
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
H3T 1C5
Coordinates45°30′11″N 73°37′28″W / 45.5031°N 73.6244°W / 45.5031; -73.6244
Organisation
Care systemRAMQ (Quebec medicare)
TypeSpecialist
Faculté de médecine - Université de Montréal
Services
Level 1 paediatric trauma centre
Beds417 (main site) + 67 (Marie-Enfant site)
SpecialityPaediatrics
Obstetrics
History
Founded1907, 1957 (current site)
Links
Websitehttp://www.chusj.org/en/Home

The Centre hospitalier universitaire Sainte-Justine (CHU Sainte-Justine) is the largest mother and child centre in Canada. It is affiliated with the Université de Montréal, located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[1]

Founded in 1907 by Justine Lacoste-Beaubien and Dr Irma Levasseur,[2] the CHU Sainte-Justine is currently the largest paediatric health centre in Canada. With its 550 beds, of which 30 are in the intensive care unit, it receives 19,000 inpatients yearly. The centre employs 520 doctors and 4500 medical students and residents.[3]

The CHU officially became a university health centre in 1995 and has since welcomed around 2500 medical students yearly. It has also been home to a research centre since 1973.[4] In 2000, the Centre de réadaptation Marie-Enfant, the only paediatric rehabilitation centre in Quebec, became affiliated with the CHU Sainte-Justine.[5]

The institution underwent a major expansion in 2018, under the project "Grandir en Santé". This extension has increased the centre's total area by 65%.[6]

The CHU is a Level 1 paediatric trauma centre, receiving children from all over Quebec for paediatric liver transplantation, paediatric craniofacial surgery, and paediatric burn surgery. Tertiary and quaternary care in paediatrics and obstetrics includes all specialties in paediatric surgery, including cardiac, vascular and neurosurgery, as well as all paediatric specialties, including organ transplantation, oncology, hematology and child psychiatry. It is also the provincial reference centre for the detection of deafness, management of chronic pain and developmental disorders in children.

Although a mother-child institution, it does not have the medical capacity to care for those mothers who require intensive care management. As such, these mothers are required to be transferred to other institutions on the Montreal island, such as: McGill University Health Centre (MUHC), Hôpital Maisonneuve Rosemont, Jewish General Hospital or Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Overview of the CHU Sainte-Justine Research Centre". research.chusj.org. Archived from the original on April 27, 2019. Retrieved January 16, 2022.
  2. ↑ "Ouverture de l'hôpital Sainte-Justine". numerique.banq.qc.ca (in French). Archived from the original on January 30, 2021. Retrieved January 16, 2022.
  3. ↑ "Le CHU en bref : Quelques chiffres". www.chusj.org. CHU Sainte Justine. Retrieved June 24, 2019.
  4. ↑ ICI.Radio-Canada.ca, Zone Société-. "Il y a 60 ans, le cardinal Léger inaugurait le nouvel hôpital Sainte-Justine". Radio-Canada.ca (in Canadian French). Retrieved January 16, 2022.
  5. ↑ "Histoire du CRME" (in French). Archived from the original on April 16, 2015. Retrieved January 16, 2022.
  6. ↑ "Grandir en Santé du CHU Sainte-Justine". www.portailconstructo.com (in Canadian French). Retrieved January 16, 2022.
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