Providence Health Care

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.

02/23/2026

Don’t toss out those veggie peels and stems – turn them into soup, sauce or juice. 🥬🥕🍅

Using up leftovers is good for the planet and your wallet.

Check out some great recipes and tips for using food scraps, compiled by Providence Health Care staff.

To promote sustainable food choices and reduce waste, Providence staff created a Food Scraps Recipe Book to help people use up leftovers.

02/19/2026

Canadian actress and comedian Catherine O'Hara died last month of a pulmonary embolism (blood clot in the lungs) with re**al cancer as the underlying cause. We asked two Providence Health Care doctors to explain what this means.

“If you have cancer, your risk of a blood clot is high, and many patients don’t know that,” says Dr. Tony Wan, a thrombosis specialist at St. Paul's Hospital.

Learn more about the common risks and signs of blood clots. https://ow.ly/zsRO50YhQvx

02/11/2026

We’re proud to share that Providence Health Care has been recognized as a 2026 BC Top Employer and one of Canada’s Top Employers for Young People. 🏆

These honours reflect the incredible people who bring care, compassion, and commitment to our workplaces every day.

Learn more about why we won these awards here:
https://ow.ly/RI9H50Ye5SP

Canada's Top 100 Employers

These provincial and national top employer honours highlight PHC’s commitment to creating an exceptional workplace.