The former prime minster says he is forever indebted to the hospital after one of its doctors, pancreatic surgeon André Roy, saved his life back in 2005.

The new CHUM superhospital welcomed 51 patients Sunday morning in the second of three hospital patient transfers.

Over 600 staff and volunteers were needed to complete the transfer of 109 patients from Saint-Luc Hospital on René-Lévesque Boulevard to the new Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal.