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British Columbia Children's Hospital is a medical facility located in Vancouver, British Columbia, and is an agency of the Provincial Health Services Authority.It specializes in health care for patients from birth to 16 years of age (possibly longer if followed by a specialist team). [1]
Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA) is a publicly funded health service provider in the province of British Columbia.PHSA is unique in Canada as the only health authority having a province-wide mandate for specialized health services, although within British Columbia the First Nations Health Authority is also non-regional and highly dispersed.
BC Children's Hospital Foundation (BCCHF) is a Canadian non-profit registered charity that raises money to support the British Columbia Children's Hospital.The Foundation works with communities to raise funds for essentials including: life-saving equipment, research into childhood diseases, a wide range of medical staff and community child health education programs.
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University Hospital of Northern British Columbia Prince George 53°54′49.47″N 122°45′52.79″W / 53.9137417°N 122.7646639°W / 53.9137417; -122.7646639
The voluntary hospital movement began in the early 18th century, with hospitals being founded in London by the 1710s and 20s, including Westminster Hospital (1719) promoted by the private bank C. Hoare & Co and Guy's Hospital (1724) funded from the bequest of the wealthy merchant, Thomas Guy. Other hospitals sprang up in London and other ...
By the early 19th century, children's hospitals opened in major cities throughout Europe. [13] The first formally recognized paediatrics hospital was the Hôpital des Enfants Malades in Paris, which opened in 1802. Great Ormond Street Hospital was established in London in 1852, and was the first British children's hospital. [14]
Vancouver General Hospital is an internal medicine hospital, [20] with pediatric and maternal care services in 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. [21] [22] Street view of Vancouver General Hospital from West Broadway