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Vancouver Coastal Health
Regional health authority in British Columbia, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) is a regional health authority that provides health services including primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary care, home and community care, mental health services, population and preventive health and addictions services in part of Greater Vancouver and the Coast Garibaldi area.
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Formation | 2001[1] |
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Type | British Columbia Health Authority |
President & Chief Executive Officer | Vivian Eliopoulos[2] |
Key people | Bob Chapman, Michelle de Moor, Gail Malenstyn, Darlene MacKinnon, Leslie Bonshor, Charlene Chiang, Fernando Pica, Darcia Pope, Wayne Balshin, Lorraine Blackburn, Dr. Patricia Daly, Yasmin Jetha, Jo-Ann Tait |
Budget | $3.2 billion (CDN) (approx) |
Staff | 29,000 staff and medical staff (approx), 3,000 volunteers (approx), 900 researchers (approx) |
Website | www.vch.ca |
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VCH is one of five publicly funded regional healthcare authorities[3] within the Canadian province of British Columbia. The government of British Columbia, through the British Columbia Ministry of Health, sets province-wide goals, standards and performance agreements for health service delivery by the seven health authorities.