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Heater-cooler machine advisory

Posted on Mon, Dec 12, 2016 - 3:45pm

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In response to an advisory issued by Health Canada, patients who had heart surgery, heart transplant surgery or lung transplant surgery in BC where heart-lung bypass was required are being notified of a small risk infection associated with the type of machine used to warm and cool blood during surgery, known as a heater-cooler machine.

Trudeau marks World AIDS Day, says fight against HIV can be won

Posted on Thu, Dec 1, 2016 - 12:00am

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The government plans on spending $3.5 million more on AIDS research, Health Minister Jane Philpott says.

FRAUDULENT RECRUITMENT SCAM

Posted on Thu, Jan 21, 2016 - 11:00am

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IMPORTANT MESSAGE - BEWARE OF FRAUDULENT RECRUITMENT SCAMS POSING AS PROVIDENCE HEALTH CARE

St. Paul’s Hospital’s unique addiction fellowship program

Posted on Tue, Nov 24, 2015 - 12:10pm

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Pictured left to right - Dr. Nikki Bozinoff, Dr. Christopher (Kit) Fairgrieve, Dr. Nadia Fairbairn, Dr. Erin Knight and Dr. Julius Elefante.

November 15-21 is National Addictions Awareness week. To celebrate we profiled the St. Paul's Hospital Goldcorp Addictions Medicine Fellowship

St. Paul’s first Canadian hospital to install latest generation CT scanner in ED

Posted on Mon, Nov 23, 2015 - 1:57pm

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The $3.5 million donor-funded scanner provides faster life-saving diagnosis to the 13,871 patients needing CT scans at St. Paul’s emergency department each year

St. Paul’s Hospital impacted by brain drain

Posted on Tue, Nov 10, 2015 - 12:00am

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St. Paul’s Hospital is known around the province and Canada for its medical and surgical programs, including heart and lung services and kidney care.

St. Paul’s Hospital: Looking to the future

Posted on Mon, Nov 9, 2015 - 12:00am

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It’s not just a plan to build a new St. Paul’s Hospital but a plan to build a better hospital. For the thousands of patients who show up in the hospital’s emergency room every year, the change is going to be profound.

Not an inner-city hospital: Who uses St. Paul’s?

Posted on Wed, Nov 4, 2015 - 12:00am

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Every year there are 500,000 patient visits to St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver. And while most people would believe the majority of patients come from the city, in fact more than half of the patients who visit are from outside Vancouver.

What B.C.’s new St. Paul’s Hospital will look like

Posted on Tue, Nov 3, 2015 - 12:00am

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While the new location of St. Paul’s Hospital will provide a ‘world-class’ centre, the focus right now is what is needed on the inside. In the second part of a series on Vancouver’s St. Paul’s Hospital, Global News gets an exclusive look at what the new hospital will look like.

Why do we need a new St. Paul’s Hospital?

Posted on Mon, Nov 2, 2015 - 12:00am

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In April, St. Paul’s Hospital announced it was going ahead with its plan to build a new state of the art hospital that will determine the course for the delivery of future health care. The site, which will be three kilometres away from the Burrard Street site, was unveiled and will be beside the Vancouver train station.

Providence Health Care receives Patient Safety Champion Organization Award

Posted on Fri, Oct 30, 2015 - 3:49pm

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At Providence Health Care, we are proud of the work we’ve done to put patients first, so when patients themselves commend us, we know we are on the right track. On October 30, PHC’s David Thompson was in Edmonton to accept the prestigious Patient Safety Champion Award, given by the Canadian Patient Safety Institute (CPSI) and HealthcareCAN.

The IPAC 2014-15 Annual Report

Posted on Fri, Sep 18, 2015 - 4:04pm

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Helping to improve the patient experience and patient safety

St. Paul's Hospital implants next generation defibrillator

Posted on Thu, Sep 3, 2015 - 9:52pm

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VANCOUVER, September 4, 2015 – It delivers a life-saving shock to the heart without ever actually touching it. Doctors at St. Paul's Hospital, in collaboration with Cardiac Services BC and a group of physicians from around the province, have taken a step towards revolutionizing the care of people with cardiac arrhythmias in British Columbia by implanting the first ever subcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillator (S-ICD) in BC.

Plans conceived for new birthing centre at St. Paul's Hospital

Posted on Wed, Aug 26, 2015 - 12:00am

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St. Paul's Hospital is conceiving a plan to build what could be B.C.'s first non-hospital birthing centre.

Ministry of Health announces $3 million to help health professionals treat addiction

Posted on Wed, Aug 6, 2014 - 11:12am

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For those British Columbians and their families who are struggling with addiction, more help is on the way with a $3-million investment to expand and support a provincial addiction medicine education and research training program for clinicians, making it the largest in North America.

First in Canada: two Vancouver pharmacies begin a pilot to offer HIV tests to customers

Posted on Mon, Jul 28, 2014 - 3:45pm

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VANCOUVER – Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) and Providence Health Care (PHC) are piloting the feasibility of local pharmacies offering HIV tests to their customers – a first in Canada.

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Heater-cooler machine advisory

Trudeau marks World AIDS Day, says fight against HIV can be won

FRAUDULENT RECRUITMENT SCAM

IMPORTANT MESSAGE - BEWARE OF FRAUDULENT RECRUITMENT SCAMS POSING AS PROVIDENCE HEALTH CARE

St. Paul’s Hospital’s unique addiction fellowship program

St. Paul’s first Canadian hospital to install latest generation CT scanner in ED

St. Paul’s Hospital impacted by brain drain

St. Paul’s Hospital: Looking to the future

Not an inner-city hospital: Who uses St. Paul’s?

What B.C.’s new St. Paul’s Hospital will look like

Why do we need a new St. Paul’s Hospital?

Providence Health Care receives Patient Safety Champion Organization Award

The IPAC 2014-15 Annual Report

St. Paul's Hospital implants next generation defibrillator

Plans conceived for new birthing centre at St. Paul's Hospital

Ministry of Health announces $3 million to help health professionals treat addiction

First in Canada: two Vancouver pharmacies begin a pilot to offer HIV tests to customers

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