Health Authorities

As part of Fraser Health, Burnaby Hospital provides a wide range of integrated health care services to people living in Burnaby and the surrounding area.

Royal Columbian Hospital (RCH) has provided medical services for citizens of New Westminster for 135 years. With 390 beds, Royal Columbian Hospital provides obstetrics, paediatrics, psychiatry and emergency services. Emergency visits totaled over 65,000 last year.  RCH is the sole provider in the Fraser Valley for angioplasty, tertiary level cardiac care, cardiac surgery, intensive care at the tertiary level, renal dialysis, a tertiary level special care nursery and trauma services.

The BC Cancer Agency – along with seven other provincially mandated health care agencies – is a member of the Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA). The PHSA is responsible for governing, managing, and funding this group of health care agencies and services.

British Columbia’s Women’s Hospital and Health Centre is part of the Children’s & Women’s Health Centre of British Columbia (C&W), which is made up of the B.C. Children’s Hospital, B.C. Women’s Hospital and Health Centre, and the Sunny Hill Health Centre for Children.

Lions Gate Hospital provides a full range of general and many specialized acute care services. A recognized trauma centre, the hospital has 268 beds, seven operating rooms, and a variety of diagnostic services and equipment. It is the fourth busiest hospital in Vancouver and one of only five neurosurgery centres in B.C.

qathet General Hospital is a 33-bed facility providing services that include surgery, endoscopy, ICU, obstetrics, in-patient psychiatry, oncology, emergency and diagnostic services.

Richmond Hospital, with 175 beds, is a large community hospital serving the needs of residents in Richmond, Delta, as well as travelers using the Vancouver International Airport and BC Ferries. Services provided at Richmond Hospital include Emergency, Ambulatory Care, Diagnostics, Intensive Care and Coronary Care, Maternity, Psychiatry and Surgery.

Sechelt | shíshálh Hospital is an acute care, 44-bed facility located in Sechelt, British Columbia.

The hospital serves the 30,000 plus residents of the Lower Sunshine Coast, including the communities of the Traditional Territory of the Sechelt First Nations, Gambier Island, Hopkins Landing, Langdale, Gibsons, Roberts Creek, Wilson Creek, Davis Bay, Sechelt, Halfmoon Bay, Pender Harbour and Egmont.

St. Paul’s Hospital is an acute academic and research hospital located in downtown Vancouver providing quaternary, tertiary and secondary care services.

Squamish General Hospital  cares for the community of the wider Sea to Sky region.

Vancouver Hospital & Health Sciences Centre is composed of four sites: Vancouver General Hospital, UBC Hospital, GF Strong Rehab Centre and George Pearson Centre. Now VHHSC is one of North America’s leading health care centres with 1,900 beds, treating nearly 116,000 patients each year.