Gallery 1 - History of Hôtel-Dieu in Saint-Basile, New Brunswick (1873-1935)
5. Health care services at Hotel Dieu St. Joseph
Pio H. Laporte (1878-1939) (ph_3533)
Doctor Laporte was born in Verchères, Quebec and had married Émilienne Hervieux. From 1903, his name
appears in the registers of Hôtel-Dieu, and in 1917, he becomes the Sisters' doctor. In 1923, he is
one of the five regular doctors of Hôtel-Dieu The others are A.M. Sormany, Desrochers, E. Martin and
E.A. Lagacé. Doctor Pio Laporte was Minister of Health and Public Works for the Province of New
Brunswick when he died at Hôtel-Dieu in Saint-Basile, from the after-effects of a car accident due
to bad roads.
