| Centre hospitalier universitaire Sainte-Justine | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Organization | |
| Care system | RAMQ (Quebec medicare) |
| Hospital type | Specialist |
| Affiliated university | Faculté de médecine - Université de Montréal |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | 63 000 visits yearly |
| Beds | 450 (main site) + 95 (Marie-Enfant site) |
| Speciality | Pediatric hospital |
| History | |
| Founded | 1907, 1957 (current site) |
| Links | |
| Website | http://www.chu-sainte-justine.org/Home/default.aspx |
| Lists | Hospitals in Canada |
The Centre hospitalier universitaire Sainte-Justine (CHU Sainte-Justine) is a pediatric university health centre affiliated with the Université de Montréal, located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is a designated French-language hospital, and has a designated bilingual English-French counterpart, Montreal Children's Hospital.
Founded in 1907 by Justine Lacoste-Beaubien, the CHU Sainte-Justine is one of the largest pediatric health centres in Canada. With its 450 beds, among which 30 are from the intensive care unit, it receives 19,000 inpatients yearly.
The CHU Sainte-Justine officially became a university health centre in 1995 and it has, since then, welcomed around 2500 medical students each year.
Since 2000, the Centre de réadaptation Marie-Enfant, the only pediatric rehabilitation centre in Quebec, which counts 95 beds, is affiliated with the CHU Sainte-Justine.
The CHU Sainte-Justine is a health center in itself. The CHU Sainte-Justine also includes an internationally renowned research center.
The CHU Sainte-Justine celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2007.