He died on February 6, 1959, in Royal Victoria Hospital in Montreal, Canada, of kidney disease.
Following her death Lord Brookeborough married Sarah Eileen Bell, daughter of Henry Healey, of Belfast, and widow of Cecil Armstrong Calvert FRCS, director of neurosurgery at the Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast.
As well, he was made a governor of McGill University in 1927 and of the Royal Victoria Hospital the following year, both institutions benefiting greatly from his generosity.
Completed in 1906, the Royal Victoria Hospital is a landmark in building engineering which claims to be the first air-conditioned public building in the world.
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The wavy pattern of the railings is reminiscent of the structure of DNA.
In 1894 Roddick, with the aid of fellow specialist James Bell, created the Department of Surgery and became the first chief surgeon of the Royal Victoria Hospital.
He graduated in 1898 and served at the Royal Victoria Hospital, later moving to Nelson, British Columbia.
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The Montreal Neurological Institute, the Royal Victoria Hospital, Allan Memorial Institute and the Montreal General Hospital of McGill University are on Pine Avenue, as is Cormier House, the former residence of Pierre Elliot Trudeau.
John Rhind trained his younger brother, James Robert Rhind (1853–1918), in architecture, who went on to become even more acclaimed than his older brother, designing the Victorian Gothic Town House in Inverness, prior to establishing a practice in Montreal, where he designed the detail and supervised the construction of the Royal Victoria Hospital.