Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital

Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital
Geography
Location	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Organization
Care system	RAMQ (Quebec Health Insurance Board)
Affiliated university	McGill University
Services
Emergency department	Level II trauma center
Beds	637
History
Founded	1934
Links
Website	www.jgh.ca/en
Lists	Hospitals in Canada

The Jewish General Hospital (known officially as the Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital since 1978, though the current branding does not emphasize the full name, and informally as simply "the Jewish") is an acute-care McGill University teaching hospital with 637 beds, serving patients from Montreal, from across the province of Quebec and around the world.

The Jewish General Hospital, which opened its doors in 1934, was founded as a general hospital, open to all patients regardless of race, religion, language or ethnic background. In 1969, the hospital opened the affiliated Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, one of the largest and most influential research centres in Canada.

Among many other medical innovations, in 1974, the JGH was one of the first hospitals in Canada to open a division of colorectal surgery.

At his death in 1928, Mortimer Davis left most of his estate to be used for the construction of a Jewish public hospital that would bear his name. In 1978, 50 years after his death, $10 million from his estate was donated to the Jewish General Hospital, which was then renamed the Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital.

In 2009-10, the Jewish General celebrated its 75th anniversary.

See also

• Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research
• McGill University Health Centre (MUHC)
• The Ride to Conquer Cancer

External links

• Jewish General Hospital