Vancouver, British Columbia
BC Children's Hospital is the province's only full-service, pediatric acute care hospital and serves the one million children living in BC and the Yukon. All children who are seriously ill or injured are referred to Children's Hospital and are either treated at the hospital facility in Vancouver or, with consultation from Children's specialists, in their home community.
Last year, more than 81,000 children were treated at Children's Hospital. BC Children's Hospital Foundation received donations from more than 150,000 people last year and had revenues of over $83 million. Funds raised by the Foundation are used to support BC Children's Hospital, Sunny Hill Health Centre for Children and the Child & Family Research Institute.
Priorities of the Campaign for BC Children include:
Last year, more than 81,000 children were treated at Children's Hospital. BC Children's Hospital Foundation received donations from more than 150,000 people last year and had revenues of over $83 million. Funds raised by the Foundation are used to support BC Children's Hospital, Sunny Hill Health Centre for Children and the Child & Family Research Institute.
Priorities of the Campaign for BC Children include:
- Construction of a new hospital - including an Emergency Department, Diagnostics and Imaging, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Operating Rooms and patient rooms;
- The relocation of childhood development and rehabilitation services from Sunny Hill Health Centre in East Vancouver to the Oak Street home of BC Children's and;
- Child Health BC, a BC Children's Hospital initiative that is building pediatric care capacity throughout the province.