More Quebec hospitals to offer at-home care [Video]

Over the next few months, Quebec is expected to roll out home care services in five hospitals as part of a measure to allow patients to receive treatment at home while under the supervision of a medical team.

Quebec’s minister responsible for seniors, Sonia Bélanger, announced on Tuesday that the hospitals taking part include Pierre-Boucher Hospital in Longueuil, Hôtel-Dieu Hospital in Lévis, the Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM), Anna-Laberge Hospital in Châteauguay and the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC).

They will join eight other establishments in the Greater Montreal and Quebec City areas that were announced to be participating in the program last year.

Four hospitals currently offer the service: Pointe-Claire’s Lakeshore General Hospital, Montreal’s Jewish General Hospital, Laval’s Cité-de-la-Santé and Longueuil’s Charles-Le Moyne Hospital.

An additional four are expected to do so by the end of the year.

This includes Montreal’s Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital and the Laurentians’ Sainte-Agathe …