Centre hospitalier universitaire Sainte-Justine

The Centre hospitalier universitaire Sainte-Justine (CHU Sainte-Justine) is the largest mother and child centre in Canada. It is affiliated with the Université de Montréal, located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1907 by Justine Lacoste-Beaubien and Dr Irma Levasseur, the CHU Sainte-Justine is currently the largest paediatric health centre in Canada. With its 550 beds, of which 30 are in the intensive care unit, it receives 19,000 inpatients yearly. The centre employs 520 doctors and 4500 medical students and residents. The CHU officially became a university health centre in 1995 and has since welcomed around 2500 medical students yearly. It has also been home to a research centre since 1973. In 2000, the Centre de réadaptation Marie-Enfant, the only paediatric rehabilitation centre in Quebec, became affiliated with the CHU Sainte-Justine. The institution underwent a major expansion in 2018, under the project "Grandir en Santé". This extension has increased the centre's total area by 65%. The CHU is a Level 1 paediatric trauma centre, receiving children from all over Quebec for paediatric liver transplantation, paediatric craniofacial surgery, and paediatric burn surgery. Tertiary and quaternary care in paediatrics and obstetrics includes all specialties in paediatric surgery, including cardiac, vascular and neurosurgery, as well as all paediatric specialties, including

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