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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.
On 25 October 2006, Felicia Simms delivered conjoined twins (Krista and Tatiana Hogan) at BC Women's Hospital & Health Centre. They are believed to be the first ever conjoined twins born in British Columbia. [citation needed] Canada's first set of sextuplets, four boys and two girls, were born at the hospital on 6 and 7 January 2007. They were ...
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 BC Cancer Foundation is the beneficiary of major fundraising events. The Workout to Conquer Cancer is a 31-day challenge to move every day in May while fundraising.. The Tour de Cure is an annual cycling event that raises funds for the BC Cancer Foundation to support cancer research and patient care programs.
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 ]
The BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) is the public health arm for British Columbia's Provincial Health Services Authority. [2] The BCCDC is located at 655 West 12th Avenue, Vancouver, BC. The Centre has tuberculosis [3] and sexually transmitted infections (STI) clinics [4] as well as outreach clinics in high prevalence areas throughout BC.
It was established as one of five geographically based health authorities in 2001 by the Government of British Columbia. [ 2 ] Island Health provides health care to over 850,000 people [ 1 ] over a geographic area of 56,000 sq km. [ 3 ] In the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic in British Columbia , Island Health had 96 intensive care unit ...
The Royal Columbian Hospital New Westminster is the oldest hospital in British Columbia and one of Fraser Health's busiest. [ citation needed ] A major tertiary-care facility known for trauma care, neurosurgery and open-heart surgery , the Royal Columbian Hospital has the only program in British Columbia capable of performing cardiac surgery ...