April 19, 2024

Province moving ahead on “concept plan” for St. Paul’s

The government has announced the second hospital revitalization announcement in as many days.Premier Christy Clark was at St.Paul's Hospital this morning. "I'm so excited today, to announce, with a firm commitment that we are moving ahead on developing a concept plan for redevelopment of St. Paul's Hospital as part of our budget 2012." But a … [Read more...]

St. Paul’s advocate weighs in on improvement effort

Leave the politics out of it, and get it done. That's what Vancouver’s park board chair says about continuing efforts to find major funding to rebuild St. Paul's Hospital. "Save St. Paul's Coalition started seven years ago this month,” Aaron Jasper says. “At that point, it seemed to be a foregone conclusion that the hospital was … [Read more...]

St. Paul’s in dire need of restoration money

Less than a year before BC voters head back to the polls, there's more talk of replacing Vancouver's St. Paul's Hospital. Doctors are again complaining about the old hospital's ability to withstand an earthquake, over-crowding and pests. Health Minister Mike de Jong says they're actively considering the next steps with respect to this project, … [Read more...]

St. Paul’s Hospital gets some government cash

The aging electrical infrastructure and elevators at St. Paul’s Hospital will be replaced by way of a $ 17.2-million investment announced by the provincial government Thursday. The hospital, built in 1894, has been showing its age with a temporary power outage in February, which required a $ 1-mil­lion solution, as well as frequent slow or … [Read more...]