Shriners Hospital for Children – Canada
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The Shriners Hospital for Children – Canada (French: Hôpital Shriners pour enfants – Canada; also known informally as the Montreal Shriner's Hospital) is the Canadian branch of the Shriners Hospitals for Children network. It is located in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, Montreal, Quebec, at 1003 Decarie Boulevard. It overlooks downtown Montreal, and is close to Royal Victoria Hospital of the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) hospital network, with which it is associated but not fully affiliated.
Shriners Hospital for Children – Canada | |
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Shriners Hospitals for Children | |
Geography | |
Location | Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
Coordinates | 45.4719°N 73.6019°W / 45.4719; -73.6019 |
Organization | |
Care system | Charity care |
Type | Specialist |
Affiliated university | McGill University Faculty of Medicine |
Services | |
Beds | 40 |
Speciality | Pediatric hospital |
Public transit access | Vendôme Metro Station |
Links | |
Website | Official Website |
Lists | Hospitals in Canada |
The hospital was previously located at 1529 Cedar Avenue, which had outgrown its facilities, and since it was surrounded by Mount Royal Park, it could not expand in that location before being moved to the new location in 2015.
The Shriner's Hospital for Children, along with McGill University was named number 1 in the world in expertise in Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI) with researchers Frank Rauch ranked #1 and Francis H. Glorieux #3 in global expertise in Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI).[1]