MUHC is a bilingual academic health centre. In addition to providing services in French, the MUHC is designated to offer services to patients in English. As of 2024, the MUHC employs more than 14,500 people: • 1,420
physicians • 3,989
nurses and cardiorespiratory care employees • 137
pharmacists • 69
dentists • 802 clinical biochemists, medical physicists and residents • 2,573 para-technical, auxiliary services and trades employees • 2,484 office workers, technicians and administrative professionals • 2,048 health and social services
technicians and professionals, other than physicians and nurses • 383
managers • 746
volunteers at the hospitals, plus board members of the facilities and foundations, as well as their fundraising offices The Institute (RI-MUHC) employs more than 3,500 people, including: • 723
researchers in basic, clinical and evaluative science, including 529 with funding • 1,386 students, including 410 master's, 602 doctoral and 174
postdoctoral students, and approximately 200 clinical research trainees • 1,420 research and administrative staff Every year, more than 5,000 people are trained at the MUHC. This includes more than: • 1,000
medical residents and surgical residents • 2,500
nursing students • 980
medical students • 475 students in multidisciplinary services • 150 pharmacy students • 30 students in medical imaging and perioperative services • 30 students in Optilab The institution's mandate is to provide tertiary and quaternary care to the population of Montreal and Quebec. The extended network of regions and health service centres that the MUHC covers is known officially as the
Réseau universitaire intégré de santé et de services sociaux McGill, or RUISSS McGill. The territory of the RUISSS McGill represents approximately 63% of Quebec's land area and measures almost 800,000 square kilometres. The RUISSS McGill regions are: • Montreal • Outaouais • Abitibi-Témiscamingue • Nord-du-Québec • Montérégie • Nunavik • James Bay-Cree Territories The MUHC is the largest combined adult and children's hospital in the province, providing all aspects of specialized and complex care to both populations among its sites, with pediatric, adult, and cancer services being combined at the Glen site. As a principal teaching site of the
McGill University Faculty of Medicine, a key activity is medical education. In addition, The Institute (RI-MUHC) is an international research centre with a worldwide reputation in the field of biomedical sciences and health care. The Institute has: • ongoing research collaborations with 85 countries worldwide • around 2,550 peer-reviewed scientific publications per year • 1,600 ongoing projects (including clinical trials and others) • over 180,000 research participants per year • 744 fundamental, clinical and evaluative researchers • 1490 research trainees • 1476 staff in research and administration == OPTILAB Montréal-CUSM ==