Hôpital Pierre Boucher

Hospital in Longueuil, Quebec, Canada

Hospital in Quebec, Canada

45°32′18″N 73°27′30″W / 45.5382°N 73.4584°W / 45.5382; -73.4584OrganizationCare systemRAMQ (Quebec medicare)TypeAcute careServicesEmergency departmentLevel I trauma centerBeds329HelipadTC LID: CCH5HistoryOpened1982LinksWebsiteOfficial websiteListsHospitals in Canada

Pierre Boucher Hospital (French: Hôpital Pierre-Boucher) is a Canadian hospital located on Jacques Cartier Boulevard in Longueuil, Quebec. Inaugurated in 1982, the hospital is the regional health centre for 245,000 people located in the borough of Le Vieux-Longueuil, as well as the cities and towns of Boucherville, Varennes, Verchères, Sainte-Julie, Saint-Amable, Calixa-Lavallée and Contrecœur.^[1]

The hospital provides general, specialized and ultraspecialized health care, and is also the location of 3,400 births per year.^[2] The hospital is home to 329 beds, and its emergency department is overcrowded at 55,000 visits per year.^[2] In 2003, the Government of Quebec invested $60 million into the hospital, which was expanded and renovated. The hospital also transfers patients to the nearby, larger, Hôpital Charles-LeMoyne.

References

^ "Territoire desservi" (in French). Santé Montérégie. Archived from the original on 2009-09-14. Retrieved 2009-08-22.
^ ^a ^b "Le CSSS Pierre Boucher" (in French). Santé Montérégie. Archived from the original on 2009-06-19. Retrieved 2009-08-22.