1922
At the request of Monsignor Henri Cormier, parish priest for the Francophone community in Moncton, Sister Angèle-de-Brescia and three other nuns from the Montreal convent Soeurs de la Providence establish a 17-bed hospital called the Hôtel-Dieu de l’Assomption at 54-56 Church Street.
1928
Official opening of the new Hôtel-Dieu on Providence Street with a capacity of 125 beds.
1930
Foundation of the first medical staff for the Hôtel-Dieu with Dr. Louis Napoléon Bourque as president.
The first class of nurses graduate from the School of Nursing.
1952
Creation of the first Advisory Committee for the Hôtel-Dieu with Calixte Savoie as president.
1956
The new wing of the Hôtel-Dieu is unveiled, bringing the hospital’s capacity to 188 beds.
1967
Purchase of the Hôtel-Dieu by the Province of New Brunswick.
Nuns from the Sœurs de la Providence leave after 45 years of service.
The hospital is renamed the Dr. Georges-L. Dumont Regional Hospital, in memory of a great Acadian doctor and health minister who died in 1966.
1975
Inauguration of the new Dr. Georges-L. Dumont Regional Hospital with a capacity of 273 beds. The Hôtel-Dieu Pavilion houses many medical and support services.
1977
Confirmation of the role of the Dr. Georges-L. Dumont Regional Hospital as a regional hospital and referral centre for Francophones throughout New Brunswick.
1981
Medical training department established for clinical rotations, internships and residencies.
1989
First annual campaign of the Tree of Hope.
1991
Inauguration of a new wing, which brings the capacity of the hospital to 423 beds.
1992
Creation of the Beauséjour Hospital Corporation to operate the Dr. Georges-L. Dumont Regional Hospital, Stella-Maris-de-Kent Hospital and Shediac Regional Medical Centre.
The Dr. Georges-L. Dumont Regional Hospital is designated as a teaching hospital affiliated with the Faculty of Medicine at the Université de Sherbrooke.
1993
The Dr. Léon-Richard Oncology Centre for cancer treatment opens.
The Mgr. Henri-Cormier Lodge opens with a capacity of 45 patients.
1997
The Providence School of Nursing (École d'enseignement infirmier Providence) closes after 70 years of existence and 1,331 graduates. The 75th anniversary of the hospital’s founding is celebrated and a commemorative book by Claude Bourque entitled Rêves de visionnaires is published.
1998
A tripartite agreement between the Beauséjour Hospital Corporation, Université de Moncton, and Collège communautaire du Nouveau Brunswick – Campbellton Campus leads to the development of a new bachelor of science program in radiology technology. This four-year program is the first French-language program of its kind in Canada.
1999
The Dr. Georges-L.-Dumont Regional Hospital is designated as the lead hospital during the VIIIe Sommet de la Francophonie.
2002
The Government of New Brunswick replaces the hospital corporations with regional health authorities. With this change, the Beauséjour Hospital Corporation becomes the Beauséjour Regional Health Authority (Zone 1B).
2008
The Government of New Brunswick merges the eight regional health authorities into two regional health authorities. The Beauséjour Regional Health Authority becomes an integral part of Regional Health Authority A.
2010
Regional Health Authority A adopts the name Vitalité Health Network.
The Dr. Georges-L.-Dumont Regional Hospital is designated by the provincial government as a university hospital centre. The Dr. Georges-L.-Dumont Regional Hospital thus becomes the first and to date only health facility to obtain this designation in New Brunswick.
This designation is a result of a partnership with the Université de Moncton, Université de Sherbrooke and Centre de formation médicale du Nouveau-Brunswick.
2012
Official opening of new radiation therapy treatment rooms at the Dr. Léon-Richard Oncology Centre. These rooms are equipped with linear accelerators offering patients new treatment modalities. This major project, valued at $14.4 million, had been undertaken in 2007.
2013
Signature of an affiliation agreement between Vitalité Health Network and the Université de Moncton, which officially defines the collaboration and cooperation arrangements between the two institutions in health teaching and research. The agreement is designed to better meet health professionals’ training needs in French.
2019
The Dr. Daniel de Yturralde Pavilion opens its doors with a new Intensive Care Unit, new Surgical Suite and the Physiotherapy Department. This pavilion features cutting-edge technology care, a surgical robot and integrated operating rooms