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VCH announces health care centre within largest social housing site in DTES

VANCOUVER, B.C. – Vancouver Coastal Health is announcing health-care services will be provided within the largest social housing site in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver.

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New beds improve care for people with complex mental-health disorders

New care beds at Alouette Homes will soon support more people requiring long-term involuntary care with a safe, home-like setting and specialized care that meets their unique needs.

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Vancouver Coastal Health to redevelop German-Canadian Care Home in South Vancouver

VANCOUVER, B.C. – Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) is pleased to announce the redevelopment of the German-Canadian Care Home, which will help increase access to high-quality long-term care for the South Vancouver community. Construction – including updates to existing infrastructure and expanding bed availability – is set to begin in early 2026 with completion anticipated in late 2029.

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VCH begins next phase of community engagement on the future of health services at Sechelt | shíshálh Hospital

Vancouver, B.C. – Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) is beginning the next phase of engagement for Health Vision Sechelt | shíshálh Hospital, a high-level planning process to help ensure the hospital campus continues to meet the evolving health-care needs of the local community and Lower Sunshine Coast region.

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New Inpatient Clinical Trials Unit Launches at Vancouver General Hospital, Advancing Blood Cancer Treatment Across BC

Vancouver, BC – May 27, 2025 – Vancouver Coastal Health has launched British Columbia’s first dedicated inpatient clinical trials unit for early-phase therapies in blood cancers.

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Pertussis cases increasing in the Pemberton area

Vancouver, B.C. — VCH Public Health has identified an increasing number of pertussis (whooping cough) cases in the Pemberton area.

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