Medicine

In the health field of public health and medicine, the Foundation's objective is to encourage projects that promote the advancement of medical sciences and the quality of care offered to patients by hospitals.
 
One of its foremost projects began in the early 1970s with the birth of the School of Cytology at Hôtel-Dieu Hospital in Montréal (CHUM). The Foundation was the sole sponsor of the construction of premises adapted to the school's special needs and provided ongoing support for the acquisition of state-of-the-art scientific instruments, including electron and photo microscopes for intra-hospital transmission, instruments that have made a concrete contribution to the screening and prevention of cervical cancer and the diagnosis of breast cancer. The school has supplied the hospital network with several hundred cytotechnologists who are providing a crucial service for the fight against cancer.
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Over the years, the foundation has facilitated the purchase of research instruments in pneumology, cellular immunology, microsurgery, nuclear medicine and pediatric cardiology. It has also equipped three Quebec hospitals,- Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal, Hôpital Notre-Dame both part of (CHUM) and Hôpital de l'Enfant-Jésus in Quebec City (CHUL), with CT scanners. Among the many other projects, the establishment of a vast computer facility for biomedical research at McGill University, and the layout of the building that houses the nutrition department of the Université de Montréal at the Liliane de Stewart Pavilion.

The Macdonald Stewart Foundation is a Canadian non-profit organization established in 1973 by Montreal philanthropists David and Liliane Stewart. It pursues the endeavours initiated over a century ago by Sir William C. Macdonald, the great businessman and philanthropist. The foundation is attentive to the various needs of the community, working independently or in cooperation with public and private organizations in the areas of education, medicine, culture and Canadian heritage where it has provided major financial assistance to many projects.

Macdonald Stewart Foundation
1195 Sherbrooke St. West., Montreal, Quebec, Canada. H3A 1H9
La Fondation Macdonald Stewart est un organisme canadien à but non lucratif créé en 1973 par les mécènes David et Liliane Stewart. Elle poursuit une œuvre philanthropique qui a débuté il y a plus d’un siècle avec Sir William C. Macdonald, hommes d’affaires éminent et philanthrope. La Fondation se veut attentive aux besoins divers de la communauté auxquels elle essaie de répondre seule ou en collaboration avec des organismes publics ou de bienfaisance dans le domaine de l’éducation, de la médecine, de la culture et du patrimoine canadien où elle a contribué de façon substantielle à la réalisation de nombreux projets.                
Fondation Macdonald Stewart
1195, rue Sherbrooke Ouest., Montréal, Quebec, Canada. H3A 1H9