British Columbia Children's Hospital

B.C. Children's Hospital
Provincial Health Services Authority
Emergency Department
Geography
Location	4480 Oak Street Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6H 3N1
Coordinates	49°14′40″N 123°07′32″W / 49.244444°N 123.125556°W / 49.244444; -123.125556
Organisation
Care system	Medicare
Type	Tertiary pediatric care
Affiliated university	UBC Faculty of Medicine
Services
Emergency department	Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Centre
Helipad	TC LID: CAK7
History
Opened	1928
Links
Website	www.bcchildrens.ca
Other links	BC Women's Hospital & Health Centre

British Columbia Children's Hospital is a medical facility located in Vancouver, British Columbia, and is an agency of the Provincial Health Services Authority. It specializes in health care for patients from birth to 16 years of age (possibly longer if followed by a specialist team).^[1] It is also a teaching and research facility for children's medicine. The hospital includes the Sunny Hill Health Centre, which provides specialized services to children and youth with developmental disabilities aged birth to 16 years.

The hospital employs more than 650 doctors.

The hospital is adjacent to the B.C. Women's Hospital & Health Centre. Previously, the two were officially a single organization and were known as the Children's & Women's Health Centre of British Columbia.^[2]

Working with the hospital and the community, the BC Children's Hospital Foundation raises funds to support and enhance the delivery of pediatric care in British Columbia. The Foundation provides funding to B.C. Children's Hospital, as well as its sister facilities, the BC Children's Hospital Research Institute,^[3] to support research into childhood diseases, the purchase of medical equipment, and a range of child health education and training programs.