Grey Nuns Hospital (other)
Grey Nuns Hospital may refer to one of several hospitals established by the Grey Nuns in Canada, including: * Grey Nuns Community Hospital, an acute care hospital in Edmonton, Alberta. * Grey Nuns' Hospital, a hospital that operated from 1695 to 1880 in Montreal, Quebec. * Pasqua Hospital The Regina Qu'Appelle Health Region was a health region in Saskatchewan, Canada. Primarily based in the city of Regina, the health region operated out of 8 hospitals, 10 community health centres, and numerous long-term care facilities and clini ...

Grey Nuns
The Sisters of Charity of Montreal, formerly called The Sisters of Charity of the Hôpital Général of Montreal and more commonly known as the Grey Nuns of Montreal, is a Canadian religious institute of Roman Catholic religious sisters, founded in 1737 by Marguerite d'Youville, a young widow. History The congregation was founded when Marguerite d'Youville and three of her friends formed a religious association to care for the poor. They rented a small house in Montreal on 30 October 1738, taking in a small number of destitute persons. On 3 June 1753 the society received royal sanction, which also transferred to them the rights and privileges previously granted by letters patent in 1694 to the Frères Hospitaliers de la Croix et de Saint-Joseph, known after their founder as the Frères Charon. At that time they also took over the work of the bankrupt Frères Charon at the Hôpital Général de Montréal located outside the city walls. (In the seventeenth century, a "general h ...
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Grey Nuns Community Hospital
The Grey Nuns Community Hospital is an acute care hospital located in the Mill Woods area of south Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The Grey Nuns Community Hospital provides a full range of services including a 24-hour Emergency Department. The 14-bed tertiary palliative care unit is known for its delivery of care and teaching practices. The hospital traces its roots to the Grey Nuns of Montreal who sent Sister Emery (Zoe LeBlanc), Adel Lamy and Alphonse (Marie Jacques) to the Edmonton area in 1859. Main services The Grey Nuns Community Hospital offers a wide range of services. *General and Vascular Surgery *Intensive and Cardiac Care *Family medicine *internal medicine *Children's Health *Women's Health *Diagnostics *Mental Health *Ambulatory Care Ambulatory care or outpatient care is medical care provided on an outpatient basis, including diagnosis, observation, consultation, treatment, intervention, and rehabilitation services. This care can include advanced medical technology ...
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Grey Nuns' Hospital
The Grey Nuns' Hospital (also known as Hôpital général des frères Charron) was a hospital in Montreal, Quebec, Canada that operated from 1695 to 1880. It is located south of Place d'Youville and west of Rue Saint-Pierre. History The name ''Hôpital général des frères Charron'' ( en, General Hospital of the Frères Charron) refers to a French religious community of the same name. It focused on care of the poor. The hospital was built outside the Fortifications of Montreal in 1695. Management and hospital administration were entrusted to the Grey Nuns in 1747. The hospital suffered a major fire in 1765 and was rebuilt again according to the style of French architecture, that is to say, with large walls composed of rough stone called rubble that had been squared and covered in plaster. The architecture, which is very utilitarian, is rudimentary and has little ornamentation. The gable roof prevents the accumulation of snow in winter. The structure, being less massive ...
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