St Paul’s Hospital

Name :

St Paul’s Hospital

Address  :

1081 Burrard Street

Town  :

Vancouver

State  :

British Columbia

Country  :

CANADA

Post Code:

V6Z 1Y6

Phone  :

604 682 2344

Web URL  :


Description

St Pauls Hospital is an acute care academic and research hospital located in downtown Vancouver With over 500 acute care beds in use and home to many worldclass medical and surgical programs the hospital serves both the local community and patients from across BC Its downtown location brings many of Vancouvers tourists and visitors to its doors As well St Pauls also has a longstanding history of providing care to disadvantaged populations


History

St Pauls began when Mother Emilie Gamelin founded the Sisters of Providence in Montreal in 1843 The Sisters of Providence established schools hospitals orphanages homes for the aged and asylums in Canada and the United States and later in many other countries In 1894 the congregation established St Pauls a 25bed compassionate care hospital founded in the name of the thenBishop Paul Durieu OMI of New Westminster

St Pauls was from the beginning keenly interested in using the latest medical technology The hospital became one of the first to have its very own Xray machine circa 1906 By the 1970s plans were in place to remake the 500bed hospital to efficiently fulfill its new role as a provincial referral centre for specialty services

Now a renowned teaching hospital with a strong research focus St Pauls is recognized provincially nationally and internationally for its work in the areas of heart disease kidney disease nutritional disorders HIVAIDS and the care of the disadvantaged Looking to the future the hospital is committed to strengthening the goals of the Sister of Providence to provide compassionate effective care to those in need
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