St. Paul's Hospital is a major teaching hospital located in downtown Vancouver, British Columbia. The hospital is part of Providence Health Care, the largest group of Catholic-operated health care facilities in Canada.
Some of the specialized health care services provided at St. Paul's are heart, kidney and HIV/AIDS, emergency, surgery, critical care (ICU) gastro-intestinal, diabetes, psychiatry, eating disorders, maternity and palliative care. Many of these serve patients from across the province. In addition, St. Paul's is B.C.'s only centre for highly specialized services such as heart transplant and cochlear (hearing) implants.
As a teaching hospital, St. Paul's also plays a vital role in providing new health care professionals with the opportunity to acquire specialized training and skills. In addition, research is an integral part of St. Paul's programs. For basic science research, the hospital is also home to the James Hogg iCAPTURE Centre for Cardiovascular and Lung Research, a world-class facility focused on heart, lung and blood vessel diseases.
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