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Mount St Joseph Hospital |
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3080 Prince Edward Street (off Kingsway) |
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Vancouver |
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British Columbia |
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Canada |
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V5T 3N4 |
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604 874 1141 |
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staylor@providencehealth.bc.ca |
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Specialization Of Mount St Joseph Hospital
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About Mount St Joseph Hospital
** WELCOME TO MOUNT SAINT JOSEPH **
Mount Saint Joseph is a community hospital located on the east side of Vancouver, BC. The hospital offers both acute care and extended care services, and is respected throughout the province for its multicultural focus and community programs. Click here to download the Mount Saint Joseph Community Update in PDF format. Or, Click here to download a Community Update PDF in Chinese.
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History Of Mount St Joseph Hospital
Mount Saint Joseph Hospital opened in Vancouver in 1946, but it really started many years before that with the dream of a young Quebec girl, Délia Tetreault. In 1902, her dream came true when she helped found the Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Conception, the first missionary congregation for women in Canada.
In 1921 four Sisters moved to a home on Keefer Street in Vancouver, where they provided health and education services primarily to the Asian community. By the time the Sisters marked the 25-year anniversary of their arrival in Vancouver, their work had outgrown three buildings and in 1946 Mount Saint Joseph Hospital was opened.
Today, Mount Saint Joseph Hospital is a 208-bed acute and extended care facility with an international reputation for excellence in providing for the needs of multi-faith and multi-ethnic communities. MSJH was founded on the principles of adaptability and responsiveness to ever-changing community needs, and continues to fulfill that mission by being faithful to the teaching of Mother Délia, who once said:
Mount Saint Joseph Hospital opened in Vancouver in 1946, but it really started with the dream of a young Quebec girl, many years before.
Délia Tetreault was born on February 4, 1865 in Marieville, a small country town near Montreal. In her memoirs she wrote that as a child she had a dream that marked her whole life:
All of a sudden I saw a ripe wheat field as far as the eye can see. At a given moment, the ears of wheat changed into heads of children and I understood that they represented the children of the world. I was struck by this dream and told no one about it.
The dream came true in 1902 when Délia Tetreault (in religious life known as Mother Mary of the Holy Spirit) along with two companions founded the Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Conception, the first missionary congregation for women in Canada. Mother Délia felt it was time for Canada to enter into the missionary movement of the Church, and she offered her life to this calling — reaching out to the poor, the underprivileged, and especially, those who did not know Jesus Christ.
In 1909, the young congregation sent out its first missionaries, a group of six Sisters who journeyed to Canton, China, via Vancouver. The Chinese people always had a special place in Mother Délia's heart. So it was no surprise when she responded to Archbishop Casey's request and sent four Sisters to Vancouver in 1921. They moved into a home on Keefer Street where they provided health and education services, including a four-bed infirmary.
In May 1924, the Sisters purchased another house at 236 Campbell Avenue and opened a dispensary. With the need for their services increasing tremendously, they built a new three-storey building next to their residence, and in 1928 opened St. Joseph's Oriental Hospital. The Sisters started a second dispensary in 1936 at 795 Pender Street, which continued in operation until 1951, providing health services to the growing Asian community.
Soon the facility on Campbell Street was no longer suited to the increasing demands of a quickly expanding population. The Sisters decided to acquire a larger piece of land, at 3080 Prince Edward Street, and to start work on a new hospital. In 1946 — the 25th anniversary of the arrival of the Sisters in Vancouver — Mount Saint Joseph Hospital was opened.
From its humble beginnings, Mount Saint Joseph Hospital has come a long way. Some of the milestones in that time:
* 1948: MSJ was recognized as a general hospital.
* 1956: a 50-bed wing was added, thanks in part to the work of the newly created Ladies' Auxiliary.
* Early 1960s: a dramatic drop in maternity admissions led to a decision to close the maternity ward.
* 1965: the chronic care department was converted to an Extended Care Unit, with state-of-the-art physiotherapy facilities.
* 1969: a new three-bed Intensive Care Unit was created.
* 1970: the Day Care Surgery Centre was opened.
* 1979: the Short Stay Assessment and Treatment Centre opened, establishing the first specialized geriatric service of its kind in BC.
* 1984: Mount Saint Joseph Foundation was established.
* 1989: the Lifeline Emergency Response System was introduced. Now the second-largest program of its kind in Canada, the system allows at-risk individuals to wear a button linking them to an emergency centre 24 hours a day, allowing them to safely remain in their own homes.
* 1991: an addition to the fourth floor paved the way for the new pediatric unit; two years later the hospital joined forces with BC's Children's Hospital to share expertise and to jointly operate MSJH's expanded pediatric wing.
* 1992: in response to increasing needs in the community MSJH added a new Director of Multicultural Services and a Coordinator of Interpreter Services. The hospital has become a leading voice in the development of public education sessions for ethnic communities and has taken a leadership role in hosting multicultural health conferences.
Today, Mount Saint Joseph Hospital is a 240-bed acute and extended care facility with an international reputation for excellence in providing for the needs of multi-faith and multi-ethnic communities. MSJH was founded on the principles of adaptability and responsiveness to ever-changing community needs, and continues to fulfill that mission.
During their 78 years in Vancouver, a total of 173 Sisters have served the people through health care, education, parish work and family counseling. Each and every Sister has tried to be faithful to the teaching of Mother Délia, who once said:
“Giving ourselves is our life! It is not enough to thank God in words…we must also transform our gratitude into actions…Let each of our lives be then through prayer, sacrifice and work a perpetual hymn of thanksgiving for ourselves and for all those who forget to thank the One to whom they owe everything. Let us be permeated with the thought, live by it thoroughly and leave it as a heritage to those who will replace us.”
“Giving ourselves is our life! It is not enough to thank God in words…we must also transform our gratitude into actions…”
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