PREMIER - hôpital établi en Amérique, au nord du Mexique - FIRST - Hospital established in America, north of Mexico - Québec, QC
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L’Hôtel-Dieu de Québec, fondé le 16 août 1637, est le premier hôpital établi en Amérique, au nord du Mexique. The Hotel-Dieu of Quebec, founded on the 16th August, 1637, is the first hospital established in America, north of Mexico.
Waymark Code: WMXNKQ
Location: Québec, Canada
Date Posted: 02/03/2018
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Texte de la plaque:
L’Hôtel-Dieu de Québec, fondé le 16 août 1637, par la duchesse d’Aiguillon et les Augustines hospitalières de Dieppe, est le premier hôpital établi en Amérique, au nord du Mexique. Arrivées en 1639, les Augustines s’y dévouent, depuis lors, au soulagement des souffrances humaines.
Text of the plaque:
The Hotel-Dieu of Quebec, founded on the 16th August, 1637, by the Duchesse d’Aiguillon and the Augustines Hospitalières de Dieppe, is the first hospital established in America, north of Mexico. Here, ever since their arrival in 1639, the Augustines have ministered to alleviate human suffering.
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