====== Vancouver Coastal Health ======

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**Vancouver Coastal Health** is a [[:public health]] region in [[:canada:british_columbia|British Columbia, Canada]]. 

It encompasses urban and rural communities including Richmond; Vancouver; the North Shore (West and North Vancouver); Sunshine Coast; Sea to Sky corridor; Powell River; Bella Bella and Bella Coola plus 14 Aboriginal communities, totalling over 1.2 million residents (nearly 24% of the province's population). It operates on an annual budget of $3.8 billion.((//VCH at a Glance.// (2020). Vancouver Coastal Health. https://web.archive.org/web/20220120124908/http://www.vch.ca/Documents/VCH-fact-sheet.pdf))

===== Facilities =====

VCH has 1300 acute care beds, 6700 residential beds, 80 rehabilitation, 900 assisted living/respite beds.

==== Hospitals and Acute Care Facilities ====

  * [[public_health_agencies:Canada:Vancouver_Coastal_Health:Vancouver General Hospital]]
  * [[public_health_agencies:Canada:Vancouver_Coastal_Health:UBC Hospital]]
  * [[public_health_agencies:Canada:Vancouver_Coastal_Health:GF Strong Rehabilitation Centre]]
  * [[public_health_agencies:Canada:Vancouver_Coastal_Health:Richmond Hospital]]
  * [[public_health_agencies:Canada:Vancouver_Coastal_Health:Lions Gate Hospital]]
  * [[public_health_agencies:Canada:Vancouver_Coastal_Health:Squamish General Hospital]]
  * [[public_health_agencies:Canada:Vancouver_Coastal_Health:Powell River General Hospital]]
  * [[public_health_agencies:Canada:Vancouver_Coastal_Health:Sechelt Hospital]]
  * [[public_health_agencies:Canada:Vancouver_Coastal_Health:R.W. Large Memorial Hospital in Bella Bella]]
  * [[public_health_agencies:Canada:Vancouver_Coastal_Health:Bella Coola Memorial Hospital]]

==== Diagnostic and Treatment Centres ====

  * [[public_health_agencies:Canada:Vancouver_Coastal_Health:Whistler Health Care Centre]]
  * [[public_health_agencies:Canada:Vancouver_Coastal_Health:Pemberton Health Centre]]
  * [[public_health_agencies:Canada:Vancouver_Coastal_Health:Gordon and Leslie Diamond Health Care Centre]]
  * [[public_health_agencies:Canada:Vancouver_Coastal_Health:City Centre Urgent Primary Care Centre]]
  * [[public_health_agencies:Canada:Vancouver_Coastal_Health:REACH Urgent Primary Care Centre]] 
  * [[public_health_agencies:Canada:Vancouver_Coastal_Health:North Shore Urgent Primary Care Centre]]

==== Providence Health Care ====

VCH works in partnership with [[public_health_agencies:Canada:Providence Health Care]] in Vancouver to take patients referred from across the province, accounting for 46 percent of all inpatient specialized care for British Columbia.

=== PHC Hospitals ===

  * [[public_health_agencies:Canada:Mount Saint Joseph Hospital]]
  * [[public_health_agencies:Canada:St. Paul's Hospital]]
===== COVID-19 =====

==== Vaccination Campaign ====

In March 2021, people who had recovered from COVID-19 within less the last three months were not eligible for a first dose of a [[:COVID-19 vaccines|COVID-19 vaccine]] product.((VCH COVID-19 Vaccine Campaign Intergrated (sic) Operating Committee. (2021, March 22). //First dose COVID-19 vaccine available for psychologists providing direct care.// College of Psychologists of British Columbia. https://collegeofpsychologists.bc.ca/email/210322-Memo-Vaccine-eligibility-for-psychologists[3].pdf))

=== Rapid Tests ===

In January 2022, VCH distributed rapid antigen tests for at-home [[:SARS-CoV-2]] testing. [[https://www.campfire.wiki/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=vch_-_what_to_do_after_your_covid-19_rapid_test.pdf|Guidance]] included with these tests instruct individuals who test positive to report their case to the [[:BC Centre for Disease Control]], and not to seek a "confirmatory PCR test".((Vancouver Coastal Health. //What to do after your COVID-19 rapid test.// Retrieved January 16, 2022, from https://www.campfire.wiki/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=vch_-_what_to_do_after_your_covid-19_rapid_test.pdf))

===== Affiliations =====

==== VCH Research Institute ====

The [[VCH Research Institute]] is one of Canada’s top funded research organizations, with a total of $103 million in research funding for 2019/2020. It is the research arm of VCH and a health partner of the [[:University of British Columbia]]. More than 900 principal investigators conduct clinical and discovery research.

==== Staff ====

Dr. [[Patricia Daly]] is the Vice President, Public Health and Chief Medical Health Officer for Vancouver Coastal Health.((//Dr. Patricia Daly.// Vancouver Coastal Health. Retrieved February 1, 2022, from https://archive.ph/H5PBn))