New St. Paul’s hospital is officially moving forward

It’s the beginning of a new era of health care for British Columbians!

With the approval of the business plan for a new St. Paul’s hospital on February 15, 2019, came a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to create a purpose-built facility that puts people first.

“One hundred and twenty five years ago, St. Paul’s Hospital was established by the Sisters of Providence. The provincial government’s visionary commitment and investment into the new St. Paul’s will enable us to take this commitment forward for the next 125 years,” says Fiona Dalton, Providence’s president and CEO.

Over time, the new St. Paul’s at the Jim Pattison Medical Centre will be a complex of state-of-the-art buildings that will form a gateway to a campus devoted to compassionate health care; life sciences; and innovative research, teaching, and technology.

As the largest hospital redevelopment in BC’s history, the new St. Paul’s will have capacity for up to 548 beds, including 115 new beds. The site will be the home of leading provincial programs and referral centres, including for heart and lung care, renal, eating disorders, and specialty surgeries and transplants; and will offer a diverse range of general and specialized care, from HIV/AIDS, to mental health and addictions, to Indigenous health, among others.

Our patients will have digital access to their own medical files and quicker diagnostic times, with treatments harnessing things like immunotherapy, virtual reality, robotics, 3D printing and artificial intelligence.

As we prepare to build the new St. Paul’s, we’re more grateful than ever for the leadership, vision and compassion of the founding Sisters of Providence. And we’re grateful for the generous support of our donors to help transform the way we deliver and receive care in BC.

Doors of the new $1.9-billion St. Paul’s hospital are expected to open in 2026.