History
The Montreal Children's Hospital (MCH) first opened on Guy Street on January 30, 1904. It was the first hospital in Montreal with the sole mandate of providing care for sick children. In 1909, the growing number of patients required a move to new premises on Cedar Avenue. In 1920, the hospital became a teaching hospital affiliated with McGill University.
The hospital and its services continue to thrive by achieving firsts, including the first speech clinic in a pediatric hospital in 1933, the first division of medical genetics in 1949 and the first department of psychiatry in 1950. The increasing number of services required another expansion. A relocation took place to its current site in 1956 and was renamed the Montreal Children's Hospital.
In August 1997, the Montreal Children's Hospital merged with the Royal Victoria Hospital, the Montreal General Hospital, the Montreal Neurological Institute and the Montreal Chest Institute to form the McGill University Health Centre. A new children's hospital will open in late 2014 at the MUHC's Glen Campus, currently under construction.
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