Improved access to life-saving health care in downtown Vancouver takes another leap forward as construction kicks off for the new St. Paul’s Hospital at the Jim Pattison Medical Centre, the largest hospital redevelopment project in B.C.’s history.
“The new St. Paul’s Hospital will be home to world-class public health care as well as research and a teaching centre that will help transform patient care for people in B.C.,” said Adrian Dix, Minister of Health. “After more than a decade and a half of stalling, I am proud that our government gave this project the green light and took further action for this new, state-of-the-art facility. The St. Paul’s Hospital will continue its legacy of serving the people around the province now and in the future.”
The new St. Paul’s will continue to serve people in Vancouver and all of B.C. as an internationally renowned, full-service, acute-care hospital and integrated health campus with capacity for up to 548 beds, which includes 115 new beds.
The site will be the home of several leading provincial programs and referral centres, including heart and lung care, renal, specialty surgeries and transplants, and eating disorders.
“This is an exciting step toward a new hospital that will benefit not only Vancouver but British Columbia as a whole,” said Melanie Mark, MLA for Vancouver-Mount Pleasant. “I am proud that Vancouver-Mount Pleasant will be home to this state-of-the-art health-care facility and look forward to the doors opening for the community.”
The hospital will offer general and specialized care, including HIV/AIDS care, chronic disease management services, emergency and critical care, mental health and addictions beds and programs, ambulatory services and outpatient clinics, end-of-life care, Indigenous health-care services, maternity services and community outreach programs.
St. Paul’s Hospital will continue to be a teaching hospital, training University of British Columbia medical students, British Columbia Institute of Technology nursing students and other health-sector professions.