B.C. Women's Hospital & Health Centre

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B.C. Women's Hospital & Health Centre
Provincial Health Services Authority
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B.C. Women's Hospital & Health Centre
Geography
Location Oak Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Coordinates 49°14′37″N123°07′29″W / 49.243611°N 123.124722°W / 49.243611; -123.124722 Coordinates: 49°14′37″N123°07′29″W / 49.243611°N 123.124722°W / 49.243611; -123.124722
Organization
Care system Public Medicare (Canada) (MSP)
Type Provincial and teaching
Affiliated university University of British Columbia & Simon Fraser University
Services
Helipad TC LID: CAK7
History
Opened1927 (as Grace Hospital)
Links
Website www.bcwomens.ca
Lists Hospitals in Canada

B.C. Women's Hospital & Health Centre, an agency of the Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA), is a Canadian hospital located in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, specializing in women's health programs. It is the only facility in Western Canada dedicated to the health of women, newborns and families, and is the largest maternity hospital in the country. It is a teaching hospital and major provincial health care resource, and is a key component in women's health research.

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BC Women's employs more than 1,000 full and part-time staff. More than 450 doctors work at the hospital.

History

The former Salvation Army Grace Maternity Hospital, has been caring for BC families starting in 1927 at its original location at Heather Street and West 29th Avenue. Both Grace Hospital and Vancouver General Hospital's Willow Pavilion Maternity care moved to the current location at 4500 Oak Street in 1982 and shared the campus with BC Children's Hospital and Shaughnessy Hospital. It provides health services that address the health needs of women of all ages and backgrounds. Women's is the largest maternity hospital in Canada with over 7,000 babies delivered every year. Women's provides a combination of acute care services such as HIV/AIDS care and treatment, abortion, and sexual assault services, for women throughout the province (through outreach and on-site services in Vancouver) and basic health care services such as breast health checks for women in the Lower Mainland. It provides training for providers across the province.

Following the closure of Shaughnessy Hospital in 1993, The Salvation Army withdrew administration in 1994 and the facility was renamed BC Women's Hospital & Health Centre. Under the Provincial Health Services Authority, BC Women's Hospital & Health Centre has a mandate to serve women, babies and their families across B.C. Only 43 percent of patients reside in the Lower Mainland, while 57 per cent of patients live in other areas of B.C. With many specialized women's health services not available anywhere else in the province, BC Women's treats over 68,000 patients each year.

On October 25, 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.

Canada's first set of sextuplets, four boys and two girls, were born at the hospital on January 6 and 7, 2007. They were in the 25th week of gestation when born, or approximately 3 months premature. [1]

In 2014, construction began on the new Teck Acute Care Centre, a $676 million project in three phases to build "an eight-storey facility, approximately 59,400 square metres (640,000 square feet) in size. The facility was designed to Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold standard and include extensive use of wood, consistent with the Province of B.C.'s Wood First Act." [2] The building "will be a bright, modern facility with single-occupant patient rooms, access to natural light and gardens. It includes...a high-risk labour and delivery suite and a new neonatal intensive care unit for BC Women's Hospital + Health Centre." [2] On October 29, 2017 The Teck Acute Care Centre, which had been built by Balfour Beatty, [3] was officially opened. [4]

In September 2020, 10 new single room birthing suites were opened, bringing the total of single room birthing suites to 27. These new rooms are part of an expansion of BC Women’s Cedar Birthing Suites, which also includes a new family lounge where family members and visitors can relax and wait, and where siblings can play. [5]

Specializations and services

Its specialists and staff:

As a health centre, BC Women's provides care and treatment to over 19,000 outpatients each year through women's health services including:

The Foundation

BC Women's Health Foundation supports the capital equipment, diagnostic, patient care, research and education needs of the hospital and health centre through fund-raising, planned giving and corporate partnerships. Aurora Centre closed in August 2011. There is a new Heartwood program in its place.

Women's Health Research Institute at BC Women's

In March 2005, the Women’s Health Research Institute (WHRI) was established by BC Women’s Hospital + Health Centre to enhance and galvanize the impact of women’s health research conducted at BC Women’s and throughout BC. A leading academic women’s and newborn health research centre embedded within the hospital. WHRI is devoted to improving the health and health care of girls and women through knowledge generation, serving as a catalyst for research in women’s health and supporting an expanding provincial and national network of women’s health researchers, policy makers and healthcare providers. [6]

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  2. 1 2 "New Teck Acute Care Centre for B.C.'s children moves forward" Archived 2015-02-19 at the Wayback Machine , Province of British Columbia, May 9, 2014.
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  5. "New single room birthing suites opening in September".
  6. "About Us – Women's Health Research Institute".