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Lions Gate Hospital (LGH) is a 268-bed medical facility located in North Vancouver, British Columbia. The hospital is part of and operated by Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH), the regional health authority for the North Shore.
Providence Health Care is a Catholic health care provider that operates two hospitals in British Columbia, both of which are located in Vancouver. [12] These hospitals are operated in cooperation with Vancouver Coastal Health and the Provincial Health Services Authority. [13]
In 1997, the Westminster Health Centre building was opened to house administration, psychiatry and ambulatory care. The same year the hospital was amalgamated with the Vancouver/Richmond Health Board. [5] In 1999, due to space opened up by opening the Westminster building, the Emergency Department and Diagnostic Imaging were considerably expanded.
Vancouver Coastal Health Authority serves the 1.25 million of British Columbia's population of five million (approximately one in four) who live in a geographic area of 58,560 square kilometres (22,610 sq mi) that includes 12 municipalities, four regional districts and 14 Aboriginal communities. VCH is geographically divided into three health ...
It is the largest facility in the Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences Centre (VHHSC) group of medical facilities. VGH is Canada's third largest hospital by bed count, after Hamilton General Hospital, and Foothills Medical Centre. [1] Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) is responsible for all operations at Vancouver General Hospital.
Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences Centre (VHHSC) is an acute care hospital affiliated with the University of British Columbia and located in Vancouver, British Columbia. The VHHSC is the second largest hospital in Canada, with 1,900 beds and nearly 116,000 patients each year.
Oak Care Centre (formerly George Pearson Centre) is a long term residential care facility located in the Marpole neighbourhood of Vancouver, British Columbia, and is currently owned and operated by Vancouver Coastal Health. [1] George Pearson Centre was initially named after former BC Minister of Health, George S. Pearson, and renamed in 2025. [2]
A new Centre for Brain Health was built for UBC Hospital. The 135,000-square-foot (12,500 m 2) building, opened in 2013 and will be dedicated solely to brain health. It will bring researchers and clinicians together from the areas of neurology, neuroscience, and psychiatry. The VHC and UBC take a multi-disciplinary, collaborative approach to ...