Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences Centre
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Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences Centre (VHHSC) is a medical facility 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. VHHSC employs 9500 staff and utilizes 1000 volunteers. As of 2005, the hospital's annual budget is $463 million.
merged with UBC Hospital
.
In 1995, the GF Strong Rehab Centre and George Pearson Centre merged with the VHHSC.
In the spring of 1997, the VHHSC merged with the BC Rehab Society and the clinical component of the Arthritis Society BC & Yukon Division.
.
Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences Centre is composed of five sites: Vancouver General Hospital
, UBC Hospital, GF Strong Rehab Centre, and George Pearson Centre.
VHHSC has neither obstetrics
nor pediatrics
specialties. These are handled at the nearby BC Women's Hospital and Health Centre and BC Children's Hospital, respectively.
is the largest hospital in the VHHSC and the second largest hospital in Canada.
adjacent to Vancouver
, British Columbia
, Canada
, opened in 1968. Units include; the Acute Care Unit, Surgical Observation Unit and Urgent Care Centre in Koerner Pavilion
http://www.vch.ca/EN/find_locations/find_locations/?&site_id=164 , the Extended Care Unit and Transitional Care Unit in Purdy Pavilion http://www.vch.ca/EN/find_locations/find_locations/?&site_id=239, and the Psychiatric Unit in Detwiller Pavilion. Specialty areas at UBC Hospital include: acute medicine
, general surgery
, reconstructive orthopedic surgery
, psychiatry
and gerontology
.
UBC Hospital has eight operating rooms (including two for the Centre for Surgical Innovation) and 800 staff including 270 physicians and 450 nurses. Patients make approximately 28,000 clinic visits to the hospital, to clinics such as the Bladder Care Centre, Movement Disorders/Parkinson’s Clinic, Sleep Disorders Program, Multiple Sclerosis Clinic, the Clinic for Alzheimer Disease and Cognitive Disorders, Breast Reconstruction Program, Mood Disorders Centre and the Operational Stress Injury (OSI) clinic.
The Centre for Surgical Innovation at UBC Hospital, a provincial specialty centre featuring two new operating rooms and 38 inpatient beds, opened in April 2006. Approximately 1600 hip and knee replacement surgeries surgeries are performed each year.
The UBC Hospital Urgent Care Centre http://www.vch.ca/EN/find_services/find_services/?&program_id=2465 offers specialized treatment for non-life threatening emergencies by emergency trained physicians and nurses. UBC Hospital Urgent Care Centre can treat things such as; allergies, asthma, broken bones, cuts that need stitches, eye problems, fevers, flus, IV therapy, minor burns, nosebleeds, skin infections and sprains. The Urgent Care Centre also offers a range of diagnostic services and testing including X-rays, blood tests, Ultrasound, CT scans and ECGs. The Urgent Care Centre is open daily from 8 am to 10 pm. Appointments are not necessary. The centre handles approximately 17,000 visits every year.
Also located at UBC Hospital is the Brain Research Centre http://www.brain.ubc.ca/, a partnership of the UBC Faculty of Medicine and Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute http://www.vchri.ca/s/Home.asp. The Brain Research Centre comprises more than 200 investigators with multidisciplinary expertise in neuroscience research ranging from the test tube, to the bedside, to industrial spin-offs.
The National Core for Neuroethics
, a research-based facility with mandate to tackle the ethical, legal, policy and social implications of frontier neuroscience through high impact research, education and outreach to ensure the close alignment of innovation and human values, is also based at UBC Hospital.
neighbourhood, British Columbia's largest rehabilitation
centre provides services in four main areas: acquired brain injury
, spinal cord injury
, arthritis
and neuromusculoskeletal. It also has specialized programs for adolescents and young adults.
The centre opened in 1949 and was named after Dr. George Frederick Strong. It has about 800 employees.
neighbourhood in the south of Vancouver, is a home for 197 adults with severe disabilities. The centre opened in 1952 as a long-term care facility for tuberculosis
patients and joined the VHHSC in 1995.
The Marpole Women's Auxiliary
, established in 1938 to support the Marpole Infirmary which later moved to George Pearson Centre in 1965, continues to support the patients of the Centre.
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
. The VHHSC is the second largest hospital in Canada, with 1,900 beds and nearly 116,000 patients each year. VHHSC employs 9500 staff and utilizes 1000 volunteers. As of 2005, the hospital's annual budget is $463 million.
History
The Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences Centre was formed in 1993 when Vancouver General HospitalVancouver General Hospital
Vancouver General Hospital is a medical facility located in Vancouver, British Columbia. It is the largest facility in the Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences Centre group of medical facilities...
merged with UBC Hospital
UBC Hospital
UBC Hospital is a health care facility located on the University Endowment Lands in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It opened in 1968, and is now operated by Vancouver Coastal Health.-Overview:...
.
In 1995, the GF Strong Rehab Centre and George Pearson Centre merged with the VHHSC.
In the spring of 1997, the VHHSC merged with the BC Rehab Society and the clinical component of the Arthritis Society BC & Yukon Division.
Facilities
The primary referral, teaching & research hospital in the province and has strong ties with the Faculty of Medicine at the University of British ColumbiaUniversity of British Columbia
The University of British Columbia is a public research university. UBC’s two main campuses are situated in Vancouver and in Kelowna in the Okanagan Valley...
.
Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences Centre is composed of five sites: Vancouver General Hospital
Vancouver General Hospital
Vancouver General Hospital is a medical facility located in Vancouver, British Columbia. It is the largest facility in the Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences Centre group of medical facilities...
, UBC Hospital, GF Strong Rehab Centre, and George Pearson Centre.
VHHSC has neither obstetrics
Obstetrics
Obstetrics is the medical specialty dealing with the care of all women's reproductive tracts and their children during pregnancy , childbirth and the postnatal period...
nor pediatrics
Pediatrics
Pediatrics or paediatrics is the branch of medicine that deals with the medical care of infants, children, and adolescents. A medical practitioner who specializes in this area is known as a pediatrician or paediatrician...
specialties. These are handled at the nearby BC Women's Hospital and Health Centre and BC Children's Hospital, respectively.
Vancouver General Hospital
Vancouver General HospitalVancouver General Hospital
Vancouver General Hospital is a medical facility located in Vancouver, British Columbia. It is the largest facility in the Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences Centre group of medical facilities...
is the largest hospital in the VHHSC and the second largest hospital in Canada.
UBC Hospital
The UBC Hospital, located on the University Endowment LandsUniversity Endowment Lands
The University Endowment Lands is an unincorporated area that lies to the west of the city of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada surrounding the University of British Columbia...
adjacent to Vancouver
Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
, British Columbia
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, opened in 1968. Units include; the Acute Care Unit, Surgical Observation Unit and Urgent Care Centre in Koerner Pavilion
Pavilion (structure)
In architecture a pavilion has two main meanings.-Free-standing structure:Pavilion may refer to a free-standing structure sited a short distance from a main residence, whose architecture makes it an object of pleasure. Large or small, there is usually a connection with relaxation and pleasure in...
http://www.vch.ca/EN/find_locations/find_locations/?&site_id=164 , the Extended Care Unit and Transitional Care Unit in Purdy Pavilion http://www.vch.ca/EN/find_locations/find_locations/?&site_id=239, and the Psychiatric Unit in Detwiller Pavilion. Specialty areas at UBC Hospital include: acute medicine
Acute medicine
Acute medicine is that part of internal medicine concerned with the immediate and early specialist management of adult patients with a wide range of medical conditions who present in hospital as emergencies. It developed in the United Kingdom in the early 2000s as a dedicated field of medicine,...
, general surgery
General surgery
General surgery, despite its name, is a surgical specialty that focuses on abdominal organs, e.g., intestines including esophagus, stomach, small bowel, colon, liver, pancreas, gallbladder and bile ducts, and often the thyroid gland . They also deal with diseases involving the skin, breast, soft...
, reconstructive orthopedic surgery
Orthopedic surgery
Orthopedic surgery or orthopedics is the branch of surgery concerned with conditions involving the musculoskeletal system...
, psychiatry
Psychiatry
Psychiatry is the medical specialty devoted to the study and treatment of mental disorders. These mental disorders include various affective, behavioural, cognitive and perceptual abnormalities...
and gerontology
Gerontology
Gerontology is the study of the social, psychological and biological aspects of aging...
.
UBC Hospital has eight operating rooms (including two for the Centre for Surgical Innovation) and 800 staff including 270 physicians and 450 nurses. Patients make approximately 28,000 clinic visits to the hospital, to clinics such as the Bladder Care Centre, Movement Disorders/Parkinson’s Clinic, Sleep Disorders Program, Multiple Sclerosis Clinic, the Clinic for Alzheimer Disease and Cognitive Disorders, Breast Reconstruction Program, Mood Disorders Centre and the Operational Stress Injury (OSI) clinic.
The Centre for Surgical Innovation at UBC Hospital, a provincial specialty centre featuring two new operating rooms and 38 inpatient beds, opened in April 2006. Approximately 1600 hip and knee replacement surgeries surgeries are performed each year.
The UBC Hospital Urgent Care Centre http://www.vch.ca/EN/find_services/find_services/?&program_id=2465 offers specialized treatment for non-life threatening emergencies by emergency trained physicians and nurses. UBC Hospital Urgent Care Centre can treat things such as; allergies, asthma, broken bones, cuts that need stitches, eye problems, fevers, flus, IV therapy, minor burns, nosebleeds, skin infections and sprains. The Urgent Care Centre also offers a range of diagnostic services and testing including X-rays, blood tests, Ultrasound, CT scans and ECGs. The Urgent Care Centre is open daily from 8 am to 10 pm. Appointments are not necessary. The centre handles approximately 17,000 visits every year.
Also located at UBC Hospital is the Brain Research Centre http://www.brain.ubc.ca/, a partnership of the UBC Faculty of Medicine and Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute http://www.vchri.ca/s/Home.asp. The Brain Research Centre comprises more than 200 investigators with multidisciplinary expertise in neuroscience research ranging from the test tube, to the bedside, to industrial spin-offs.
The National Core for Neuroethics
National Core for Neuroethics
The National Core for Neuroethics at the University of British Columbia was established in August 2007, with generous support from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Institute of Mental Health and Addiction, Canada Foundation for Innovation, the British Columbia Knowledge Development Fund,...
, a research-based facility with mandate to tackle the ethical, legal, policy and social implications of frontier neuroscience through high impact research, education and outreach to ensure the close alignment of innovation and human values, is also based at UBC Hospital.
GF Strong Rehab Centre
Located in Vancouver's FairviewFairview (Vancouver)
Fairview is a neighbourhood on the west side of the city of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It runs from 16th Avenue in the south, to Burrard Street in the west, to Cambie Street in the east, and to False Creek in the north....
neighbourhood, British Columbia's largest rehabilitation
Physical medicine and rehabilitation
Physical medicine and rehabilitation , physiatry or rehabilitation medicine, is a branch of medicine that aims to enhance and restore functional ability and quality of life to those with physical impairments or disabilities. A physician having completed training in this field is referred to as a...
centre provides services in four main areas: acquired brain injury
Acquired brain injury
An acquired brain injury is brain damage caused by events after birth, rather than as part of a genetic or congenital disorder such as fetal alcohol syndrome, perinatal illness or perinatal hypoxia. ABI can result in cognitive, physical, emotional, or behavioural impairments that lead to permanent...
, spinal cord injury
Spinal cord injury
A spinal cord injury refers to any injury to the spinal cord that is caused by trauma instead of disease. Depending on where the spinal cord and nerve roots are damaged, the symptoms can vary widely, from pain to paralysis to incontinence...
, arthritis
Arthritis
Arthritis is a form of joint disorder that involves inflammation of one or more joints....
and neuromusculoskeletal. It also has specialized programs for adolescents and young adults.
The centre opened in 1949 and was named after Dr. George Frederick Strong. It has about 800 employees.
George Pearson Centre
The George Pearson Centre, located in the MarpoleMarpole
Marpole is a mostly residential neighbourhood of 22,400 located on the southern edge of the city of Vancouver, British Columbia, immediately northeast of Vancouver International Airport. It is approximately bordered by Angus Drive to the west, 57th Avenue to the north, Main Street to the east and...
neighbourhood in the south of Vancouver, is a home for 197 adults with severe disabilities. The centre opened in 1952 as a long-term care facility for tuberculosis
Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis, MTB, or TB is a common, and in many cases lethal, infectious disease caused by various strains of mycobacteria, usually Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Tuberculosis usually attacks the lungs but can also affect other parts of the body...
patients and joined the VHHSC in 1995.
The Marpole Women's Auxiliary
Marpole Women's Auxiliary
Marpole Women's Auxiliary. to George Pearson Centre and GF Strong Rehab Centre was established in 1938 in Vancouver, British Columbia to support The Marpole Infirmary located in an area of Vancouver referred to as Marpole.-History:...
, established in 1938 to support the Marpole Infirmary which later moved to George Pearson Centre in 1965, continues to support the patients of the Centre.