Vancouver General Hospital (locally known as VGH, or Vancouver General) is a medical facility located in Vancouver , British Columbia . 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 .
21-546: Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) is responsible for all operations at Vancouver General Hospital. The Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) first opened in 1886 a nine-bed tent, its primary use to treat railway workers. On June 13, 1886, a fire destroyed the tent hospital and by July, a new, one-storey building was built. In September, the City of Vancouver took over the facility, which became the City Hospital . In 1888, located at
42-716: A café at its main entrance called Café Ami. In 2014, Knowledge Network premiered " Emergency Room: Life + Death at VGH " a six-part documentary series directed by Kevin Eastwood which follows several VGH emergency department staff and patients over a period of 80 days between February and May 2013. The series won twice at the 2014 Leo Awards , taking home Best Documentary Series and the People's Choice Award for Favourite TV Series. The second season of Emergency Room: Life + Death at VGH began on April 12, 2016. Vancouver Coastal Health Vancouver Coastal Health ( VCH )
63-577: Is a regional health authority that provides health services including primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary care, home and community care, mental health services, population and preventive health and addictions services in part of Greater Vancouver and the Coast Garibaldi area. VCH is one of five publicly funded regional healthcare authorities within the Canadian province of British Columbia . The government of British Columbia, through
84-517: Is geographically divided into three health service delivery areas (HSDA), which in turn are divided into 14 local health areas (LHA). The following regional districts are partially or entirely covered by VCHA. UBC Faculty of Medicine The UBC Faculty of Medicine is the medical school of the University of British Columbia . It is one of 17 medical schools in Canada and the only one in
105-681: Is the Gordon and Leslie Diamond Health Care Centre at VGH which includes the UBC Faculty of Medicine facilities. The facility houses teaching space for about 250 third and fourth year medical students and 500 postgraduate residents, and nine Faculty of Medicine programs as well as the UBC medical school library. VGH's main cafeteria , Sassafras Cafeteria, is located on the second floor of the Jim Pattison Pavilion. The pavilion also has
126-561: Is the largest hospital in British Columbia, offering specialized and tertiary services to adult patients (18 and above) in Vancouver. The hospital accepts patients referred from other parts of the province requiring highly specialized services. Approximately 40% of the hospital's cases come from outside the Vancouver region. Vancouver General Hospital is an internal medicine hospital, with pediatric and maternal care services in
147-469: The B.C. Interior or Vancouver Island . The size and geographic scope of the Faculty of Medicine's 71 medical residency programs also grew correspondingly. Since its founding, the Faculty has added other educational programs, including physical therapy, occupational science and occupational therapy, audiology and speech sciences, midwifery, and population and public health. In January 2021, Peter Berman,
168-564: The British Columbia Ministry of Health , sets province-wide goals, standards and performance agreements for health service delivery by the seven health authorities. 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
189-597: The Canada Gairdner International Award in 1986. Two members of the Faculty have received the Canada Gairdner Wightman Award : James C. Hogg (2013) and Michael Hayden (2011). Julio Montaner has received several awards for demonstrating the effectiveness of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART) in the treatment of HIV infection, and championing the " Treatment as Prevention " strategy for controlling
210-797: The Jim Pattison Pavilion and construction of the final 12 floors began in 2001. The Jim Pattison Pavilion opened in 2003. In 2004, construction of the new Gordon and Leslie Diamond Health Care Centre began. This new building, adjacent to the Jim Pattison Pavilion, opened in August 2006 to provide acute day care services in a variety of areas. The Lung Centre specializes in the treatment of pulmonary conditions such as asthma, emphysema, chronic bronchitis, bronchiectasis, lung cancer, occupational and environmental lung diseases, sarcoidosis, pneumonia, tuberculosis, pulmonary hypertension and interstitial lung disease. The Blusson Spinal Cord Centre,
231-833: The Rick Hansen Foundation, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, and the VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation . The Robert H.N. Ho Research Centre, opened in September 2011, is a seven-storey, 69,350 sq ft (6,443 m) facility that houses three of VGH's key research programs: the Vancouver Prostate Centre at VGH; the Centre for Hip Health and Mobility; and the Ovarian Cancer Research Initiative. VGH
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#1732801483537252-478: The Faculty of Medicine are responsible for 132 patents issued or filed, and the creation of six spin-off companies. The Faculty of Medicine has more than 300 postdoctoral fellows and almost 600 PhD students. The Faculty of Medicine had one Nobel laureate, Professor of Biochemistry Michael Smith , who received the 1993 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work in developing site-directed mutagenesis. Smith also received
273-602: The UBC Faculty of Medicine is conducted under the auspices of six institutes and 15 centres that are part of UBC or affiliated with it. Some researchers are based at UBC's Vancouver campus, though many work in the Faculty of Medicine's affiliated hospitals, especially in Vancouver: Vancouver General Hospital , the BC Cancer Agency , St. Paul's Hospital , BC Women's Hospital + Health Centre and BC Children's Hospital . Members of
294-547: The Vancouver region being offered by BC Children's Hospital and BC Women's Hospital & Health Centre , located roughly 2.5 km south of Vancouver General. In addition to providing specialized and tertiary medical services, VGH is also a teaching hospital in affiliation with the University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine , providing training and advanced education to students from all disciplines. Unique in Canada
315-495: The head of the medical faculty's School of Population and Public Health apologized after taking an international vacation to Hawaii over the holiday season contrary to public health advice to avoid international travel during the COVID-19 pandemic . After his trip was reported on, Berman said that he regrets not having made the same sacrifices as everyone else and stated his support for public health authorities. Most research by
336-476: The province of British Columbia . It has Canada's largest undergraduate medical education program and the fifth-largest in the U.S. and Canada. It is ranked as the 2nd best medical program in Canada by Maclean's , and 27th in the world by the 2017 QS World University Rankings . The Faculty of Medicine was established in 1950 in Vancouver, taking in 60 medical students under the leadership of its first dean, Myron Weaver. The size of its incoming medical classes
357-521: The southern edge of the original Gastown settlement, a 35-bed hospital opened, as the tent infirmary became too small. The upstairs ward was for female patients, the downstairs ward for males. In 1899, the Vancouver City Hospital Training School for Nurses was opened. In 1902, British Columbia provincial legislature transferred control from the city's board of health to a board of 15 directors. Vancouver City Hospital
378-523: The time was the largest part of the VGH facilities. It was renamed for Leon Judah Blackmore in 2017. In the 1960s, VGH built Canada's first intensive care nursery , equipped with the first effective apparatus used for natural breathing in infants with respiratory failure . In 1996, VGH opened the first three floors of its newly constructed Laurel Pavilion. In 2000, the Laurel Pavilion was renamed to
399-585: The world's largest, most advanced and most comprehensive facility devoted to spinal cord injury research and patient care was opened in November 2008. The six-storey, $ 45-million centre is home to ICORD (International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries), the Rick Hansen Institute and the Brenda and Davide McLean Integrated Spine Clinic and is a partnership of the University of British Columbia ,
420-473: Was increased to 80 students in 1974, 120 students in 1980, and 128 students in 2000. Starting in 2004, the medical program began a gradual expansion that more than doubled enrollment and distributed medical education and training at campuses, hospitals and clinics throughout the province. The size of incoming medical classes grew to 288, with one-third of those students spending most of their four years at one of three distributed sites in northern British Columbia,
441-571: Was renamed to Vancouver General Hospital . In 1906, in Fairview Ridge, overlooking False Creek , a new building, the Heather Pavilion, began housing staff and patients. The University of British Columbia Medical School opened clinical facilities at VGH in 1950. In 1959, VGH opened the "Centennial Pavilion" (named in commemoration of the centennial of the founding of British Columbia as a British Crown colony , in 1858), which at
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