Facts About VCH
- VCH provides 46% of all inpatient specialized care(tertiary/quaternary) for the over 4 million people in British Columbia and operates:
- 8,936 acute, rehabilitation and residential beds
- 421 community residential care beds
- 621 assisted living beds/units
- 1,430 mental health supported housing units
- 2,447 mental health beds
- 1,312 addictions beds
- On average, VCH annually provides:
- 3 million+ patient days of care
- 308,000+ annual Emergency Department visits (one person every two minutes)
- 640,000+ annual clinic visits
- 81,000+ annual same day surgical visits
- 79,000+ inpatient discharges
- 2.3 million+ residential care days
- 1.9 million+ home support hours
- 199,000+ home nursing visits
- In October 2008, VCH was named by Mediacorp Canada Inc. as one of BC's Top Employers, according to coverage by The Vancouver Sun, The Province and the Victoria Times-Colonist.
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