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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. VHHSC employs 9500 staff and utilizes 1000 volunteers.
The former Salvation Army Grace Maternity Hospital began providing care in 1927 at Heather Street and West 29th Avenue. In 1982, both the Grace Maternity Hospital and Vancouver General Hospital's Willow Pavilion Maternity care moved to the current location at 4500 Oak Street, at which it shared the campus with Shaughnessy Hospital.
Drs. Larry Goldenberg, Paul Rennie, Martin Gleave and Colleen Nelson founded the VPC (then called The Prostate Centre at VGH) in 1998. [6] In 1999, the Centre was aided with a $20 million donation by Vancouver businessman Jim Pattison (the largest private donation ever made to a health care facility in Canada), a VGH and UBC Hospital Foundation $45 million campaign for matching funds, and a ...
Toronto Rehabilitation Institute (TRI or commonly Toronto Rehab) is the largest rehabilitation hospital in Canada. Owned and operated by the University Health Network (UHN), Toronto Rehab provides patients with rehabilitation care, helping people rebuild their lives and achieve individualized goals following injury and disability. It is ...
Women's College Hospital began as Woman's Medical College in 1883. On June 13, 1883, Dr. Emily Stowe (1831–1903) [2] the second woman licensed to practice medicine in Canada – led a group of her supporters to a meeting at the Toronto Women's Suffrage Club, stating "that medical education for women is a recognized necessity, and consequently facilities for such instruction should be provided."
This is a list of burn centres in Canada.A burn centre or burn care facility is typically a hospital ward which specializes in the treatment of severe burn injuries.There are currently approximately 20 hospitals that care for burn injuries and receive referrals across Canada. [1]
Brian Day, a "private health-care advocate", [2] who founded and serves as the medical director of the private clinic Cambie Surgery Centre and Specialist Referral Clinic [10] in Vancouver, British Columbia, was the spokesman for the high-profile case, sometimes called 'The Day Case'. [11] [12]