Centre hospitalier universitaire de Québec

Centre hospitalier universitaire de Québec
Centre hospitalier universitaire de Québec
Geography
Location	Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Organization
Care system	Public Medicare (Canada)
Type	Teaching
Affiliated university	Laval University
Services
Emergency department	Level II trauma centre (Hôtel-Dieu de Québec, CHUL, adults), Level I trauma centre (CHUL, pediatrics)
Speciality	Pediatric hospital
History
Opened	1995
Links
Website	http://www.chuq.qc.ca/
Lists	Hospitals in Canada

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec (French pronunciation: [sɑ̃tʁ ɔspitalje ynivɛʁsitɛʁ də kebɛk], CHUQ) is a network of three teaching hospitals affiliated with the medical school of Université Laval and several specialized institutions in Quebec City, Canada.

It was created by the merger in December 1995 of three large teaching hospitals:

Hôtel-Dieu de Québec
Hôpital Saint-François d'Assise
Centre hospitalier de l'Université Laval (CHUL)

It also includes:

Maison Paul-Triquet
Centre de l'ouïe et de la parole (Hearing and Speech Centre)
Centre de traitement dans la communauté (Community Treatment Centre)
Centre de pédopsychiatrie (Child and Youth Psychiatry Centre)
Foyer des vétérans (Veterans' Home)

The Centre hospitalier de l'Université Laval site offers extensive and specialized pediatric services.

The CHU de Québec Research Center houses a Biosafety level 3 laboratory for pathogens of human and animal provenance.^[1]

CHUQ is the largest institutional employer in Quebec City: its staff includes 672 specialist doctors, 237 family doctors, 2659 nurses, 96 pharmacists, 19 dentists, and 1492 other health care professionals and technicians.