Vancouver General Hospital | |
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Vancouver Coastal Health | |
Geography | |
Location | 899 West 12th Avenue, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
Coordinates | 49°15′40″N 123°07′23″W / 49.2612°N 123.1230°W |
Organization | |
Care system | Public Medicare (Canada) |
Type | Teaching |
Affiliated university | UBC Faculty of Medicine |
Services | |
Emergency department | Yes, Level I Trauma Center |
Beds | 1,000+ |
Speciality | Bone marrow transplant and leukemia, burns and plastics, epilepsy surgery program, organ transplant, spinal cord injury, quaternary-level trauma care |
Helipad | TC LID: CBK4 |
History | |
Opened | 1906 |
Links | |
Website | www |
Lists | Hospitals in Canada |
Vancouver General Hospital (locally known as VGH, or Vancouver General) is a medical facility located in Vancouver, British Columbia. It is the largest facility in the Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences Centre (VHHSC) group of medical facilities. VGH is Canada's third largest hospital by bed count, after Hamilton General Hospital, and Foothills Medical Centre.[1]
Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) is responsible for all operations at Vancouver General Hospital.