Providence Health Care

04/08/2026

Hospital power systems must be stable, predictable and ready to support patient care at every moment of the day. When electrical work is done well, it’s almost invisible. ⚡️ ⁠
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At St. Paul’s Hospital, Heather Ness is one of the electricians making that quiet reliability possible. As part of the Facilities, Maintenance & Operations team, Heather helps maintain the complex electrical and low‑voltage infrastructure that powers everything from patient rooms to operating theatres.⁠
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Learn more about a day in the life of a hospital electrician:

Heather Ness is an electrician at St. Paul's Hospital who works to ensure power systems operate quietly, predictably, and safely.

04/07/2026

Dr. Melanie van Soeren was born at St. Paul’s Hospital. Today, she’s a doctor at St. Paul’s. And soon she will be having her own baby at the very same hospital. 👶👩‍⚕️🏥

"Some of the biggest moments in my life happened inside that hospital," she says. "It feels special to bring my baby into the same hospital where I was born."

Melanie’s connection to St. Paul’s spans the past, present, and future as she also looks forward to a brand new pregnancy, birthing, and newborn centre opening at the new St. Paul’s Hospital in 2027.

Read the full story:

A doctor born at St. Paul's plans to have her baby here. Learn why families choose this Vancouver maternity care.

04/03/2026

ICYMI: earlier today the federal government announced $48 million toward the Clinical Support & Research Centre (CSRC). This funding will support the development of an “innovation hub” within the CSRC, helping to integrate research, education and clinical care. The CSRC is being built directly adjacent to the new St. Paul's Hospital and will be connected to the hospital via a skybridge.

04/02/2026

We’re thrilled to share that the federal government is investing $48 million in the Clinical Support & Research Centre (CSRC), a cornerstone of the Jim Pattison Medical Campus in Vancouver. Canada’s Minister of Industry Mélanie Joly made the announcement today.

This funding, delivered through the federal Strategic Response Fund, will support the development of an advanced “innovation hub” within the CSRC.

Key elements of the hub include:
✅ A Clinical Trials Unit
✅ A Simulation Centre
✅ A Health Informatics Data Platform
✅ Wet labs and an Innovation Centre

Construction of the CSRC is underway, with opening expected in early 2029. It will be connected by skybridge to the new St. Paul's Hospital, set to open in 2027.

Learn how this funding will support our vision to integrate research, education and care.
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The funding will support the development of an advanced “innovation hub” within the Clinical Support & Research Centre.

03/27/2026

Did you know? There’s a weather station on the roof of St. Paul’s Hospital. It reads the precise outdoor temperature & wind chill and sets the hospital’s chiller and boiler based on the local conditions. It’s just one way the hospital is reducing its energy use. 🐦‍⬛⛅☔❄️

03/25/2026

Adults who have noticed subtle changes in their memory, but who don’t yet have a diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment or dementia, can find help at the Early Intervention Memory Clinic at St. Paul's Hospital. The clinic provides tools that support positive, preventive measures to optimize brain health.

Learn how this clinic is reshaping memory care by intervening upstream, when the opportunity to influence change is greater.

The Early Intervention Memory Clinic at St. Paul's Hospital is rethinking when memory care should begin — and for whom.

03/18/2026

Progress you can see at the new St. Paul’s Hospital. 🏗️

Interior finishes underway, elevators running, landscaping in progress—and 1,700+ workers building the future every day.

We’re getting close to wrapping up construction this summer.

03/16/2026

❤️🎉 Congratulations to the winners of the 2026 Unsung Hero Awards! ❤️🎉 Given out annually by the Heart Centre at St. Paul’s Hospital, these awards honour team members whose contributions often go unnoticed, but who make a meaningful and lasting impact through their dedication, compassion and effort.

📸 1: Cindy Nordquist, Nurse Practitioner, Heart Function Clinic
📸 2: Irizha Gourley, Clerk, Cardiac Rehab Clinic
📸 3: Mark Mackie, Physiotherapist, Heart Centre
📸 4: Jennifer Mutch, Nurse Educator, Cardiac Surgery
📸 5: Lani Coloma, Registered Nurse, Cardiac Cath Lab

The Heart Centre at St. Paul’s is the referral hub for BC and Yukon’s most complex cardiac cases. It's world-renowned for its exceptional cardiac care, made possible by a dedicated team of health care professionals.

03/12/2026

Labour, deliver and recover all in the same room. 🤰👶

At the new St. Paul’s Hospital, every delivery room is a single patient room, with space for parent, baby and family. Plus, there are new labouring tubs to provide more options in the labouring experience.

Learn more about the new St. Paul' s Hospital at thenewstpauls.ca.

03/11/2026

Today is Canadian Women Physicians Day! We celebrate the many contributions of women physicians across our Providence family. Their dedication, resilience, expertise, leadership and compassion continue to shape our shared efforts to advance patient care, influence health policy, and strengthen the art and science of medicine. We are grateful for the impact they make every day in our communities and within our health system.

Did you know? St. Paul’s Hospital hired some of the first female physicians in BC, including:

📸 Dr. Ethlyn Trapp (1938), radiotherapist
📸 Dr. Josephine Mallek (1946), endocrinologist
📸 Dr. Doris Kavanagh-Gray (1959), cardiologist

Kavanagh-Gray went on to become the hospital’s first Division Head of Cardiology. Her work laid the foundation for St. Paul’s to be named the provincial Heart Centre in 1994.

Canadian Women in Medicine Organization

02/26/2026

02/25/2026

Before getting a heart transplant at St. Paul's Hospital, Zuwena lived in a crowded house with a dozen people. Her care team told her she needed a clean home to recover and avoid infection after her surgery. Fortunately, social workers at St. Paul's were able to help her find new, stable housing through the Reaching Home program.

“I want other patients to know there is a program that can help them find a place to stay so they don’t have to face housing worries alone,” Zuwena says.

The Reaching Home team at St. Paul's has helped 200 people in the last year and a half. Learn how the program works:

Providence Health Care offers Reaching Home housing help to support safe hospital discharge and short-term rent aid to keep people stable.