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Who We Are
Hotel Dieu Hospital is the ambulatory care teaching and research hospital for Kingston and Southeastern Ontario, affiliated with Queen’s University. As an ambulatory (or outpatient) care facility we provide medical care or treatment that does not require an overnight stay and that includes services such as specialized clinic visits, day surgeries and diagnostic procedures using advanced technology, equipment or procedures. For most of our patients, the length of stay—from time of registration to discharge—occurs on the same day. We provide expert care to more than 500,000 people in the region through specialized programs including pediatrics, medicine, cardiology, surgery, mental health, oncology and urgent care. We deliver quality, safe health care, while advancing innovative research and educating the health care professionals of the future.
Hotel Dieu Hospital was established by the Religious Hospitallers of Saint Joseph (RHSJ), a congregation of religious women founded in France by Jerome le Royer de la Dauversiere in 1636. In the mid-1600s, the Sisters arrived in Canada to help build a hospital in Montreal, and they were called upon to continue their healing mission by opening the first public hospital in the Kingston area in 1845. They originally took up residence on the corner of Brock and Sydenham Streets, caring for the immigrants who flooded the region and for hundreds of orphans whose immigrant parents died from disease and starvation. In 1892, the Sisters moved to Hotel Dieu’s current site, increasing patient capacity from 40 to 150 people. A chapel was built in 1895 and a convent in 1897. A School of Nursing started in 1912, with the first class graduating in 1914. More buildings and services were added over the following years with the Centenary, Brock and Johnson wings, and subsequently the Jeanne Mance building in 1984. While the mission of the Sisters remains the touchstone of all we do at Hotel Dieu Hospital, formal sponsorship of the hospital now rests with Catholic Health International, whose mission is to ensure the presence of Catholic values in its member Corporations. *Photos courtesy of Religious Hospitallers of St. Joseph, St. Joseph Archives. 1) St. Joseph's Ward, 1900. 2) Monastery (residence of Sisters) 1898-1959. |
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Careers & Volunteers| Healthcare Professionals| Who We Are| Make A Donation| Site Map/Menu | français HOTEL DIEU HOSPITAL, 166 BROCK STREET, KINGSTON, ON, CANADA, K7L 5G2 Local patients and families are asked to dial: 613-544-3310 (Switchboard) or 613-544-3400 (automated attendant). Long-distance patients and families can dial toll-free at 1-855-544-3400. Thank you for your interest in the Hotel Dieu Hospital. The information provided is general in nature. Specific health care questions are best discussed with your family physician.
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