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Providence Health Care is a Catholic [1] health care provider that operates seven facilities in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Providence Health Care was formed through the consolidation of CHARA Health Care Society, Holy Family Hospital and St. Paul's Hospital on April 1, 1997. Providence Health Care became a single legal entity on March ...
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. Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) is responsible for all operations at Vancouver General Hospital.
Portland Hotel Society (PHS) is a Canadian non-profit society created in 1993 to provide advocacy, housing, services, and opportunities, for Vancouver 's Downtown Eastside. Its 451 staff support 1,153 rooms, North America's first legal supervised-injection site, known as Insite, [1] a Downtown Eastside credit union branch (Pigeon Park Savings ...
G. F. Strong Centre. / 49.24722°N 123.12583°W / 49.24722; -123.12583 ( G. F. Strong Centre) GF Strong Rehabilitation Centre is the largest rehabilitation hospital in British Columbia. [1] It is located in the South Cambie neighbourhood of Vancouver . It provides inpatient, outpatient, outreach and clinical support services to ...
History. Fraser Health was created in December 2001 as part of a province-wide restructuring of health authorities by the then-new BC Liberal government of Premier Gordon Campbell. It is the merger of three former health regions: Simon Fraser Health Region (SFHR), South Fraser Health Region, and the Fraser Valley Health Region (FVHR).
British Columbia Children's Hospital. / 49.244444°N 123.125556°W / 49.244444; -123.125556. 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 ...
St. Paul's Hospital (Vancouver) / 49.280431; -123.127887. St. Paul's Hospital is an acute care hospital located in downtown Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It is the oldest of the seven health care facilities operated by Providence Health Care, a Roman Catholic faith-based care provider. St. Paul's is open to patients regardless of their ...
Insite is operated in tandem by Vancouver Coastal Health and the Portland Hotel Society. Between September 2003 and July 2008, the site operated under a special exemption of Section 56 of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, granted by the Liberal government via Health Canada. It is the first safe consumption site in North America.