St. Paul's Hospital (Vancouver)

St. Paul's Hospital (Vancouver)
Providence Health Care
Geography
Location Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Organisation
Care system Medicare
Hospital type Teaching
Affiliated university UBC Faculty of Medicine
Services
Emergency department Yes
Speciality Cardiac, HIV/AIDS, Renal
History
Founded 1894
Links
Website http://www.providencehealthcare.org/info_stpauls_main.html
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St. Paul's Hospital is an acute care, teaching (in affiliation with the University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine) and research hospital located in downtown Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It is the largest of the seven health care facilities operated by Providence Health Care, a Roman Catholic faith-based care provider. St. Paul's is home to many medical and surgical programs, including cardiac services, HIV/AIDS and kidney care.

St. Paul's serves both the local community and patients from across BC and the Yukon.

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History

Two representatives of the Sisters of Providence came north from Portland, Oregon in 1892 in response to urgings by Bishop Paul Durieu of New Westminster to consider the needs of a growing Vancouver. They bought seven lots on the outskirts of Vancouver for $9,000. A 25-bed hospital was completed in 1894 and named after the Bishop. Mother Mary Fredrick from Astoria, Oregon became the first Superior and administrator of the hospital.

Facilities

iCapture Center

The iCapture Centre (formerly Macdonald Research Laboratories) is a research facility located at St. Paul's Hospital in Vancouver, Canada and is associated with the Department of Pathology at the University of British Columbia. Laboratories at iCapture primarily study cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases, such as viral myocarditis, respiratory tract infections, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and vascular injury among others. Other major project groups include a study of biological markers for organ transplant rejection, and the interaction between genes and the environment. [1]

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