Medical Services Plan of B.C. The Medical Services Plan (MSP) insures medically required services provided by physicians and supplementary health care practitioners, laboratory services and diagnostic procedures.
Ministry of Health Services Our mission is to guide and enhance the province's health services to ensure British Columbians are supported in their efforts to maintain and improve their health.
Blue Cross Plans, BC & Yukon Pacific Blue Cross is British Columbia's largest provider of extended health and dental benefits.
Find a Dentist ! Oral health care is a personalized service that requires a good relationship between the dentist and the patient. Here are some ways to find a dentist in your area.
Find a Doctor ! Health care is a personalized service that requires a good relationship between the doctor and the patient. Here are some ways to find a doctor in your area.
BC Health Guide Information on more than 2,500 common health topics, tests, procedures and other resources is available to BC residents. This secure health database contains medically approved information from the Healthwise® Knowledgebase.
Pharmacare PharmaCare subsidizes eligible prescription drugs and designated medical supplies, protecting British Columbians from high drug costs. PharmaCare provides financial assistance to British Columbians under Fair PharmaCare and other specialty plans.
Vancouver Coastal Health Authority
The role of VCH is to govern, manage and deliver quality healthcare services to people living in the North Shore/Coast Garibaldi, Vancouver and Richmond, and to all British Columbians requiring highly specialized health services. VCH is responsible for understanding its population's health needs and establishing service delivery models for meeting those needs. It is also responsible for making decisions on resources that achieve the best possible delivery of services within the
means of the organization for a sustainable future.
Vancouver General Hospital Vancouver Hospital is composed of four sites: Vancouver General Hospital, UBC Hospital, GF Strong Rehab Centre and George Pearson Centre. Now VHHSC is one of North America's leading health care centres with 1,900 beds. Even though VHHSC treats nearly 116,000 patients each year, every single one is important to us. Welcome to our website, and to your hospital.
VCH Facilities Listing of facilities in the Coast Garibaldi regions and of Vancouver, North Vancouver, West Vancouver, and Richmond.
VCH Community Health Community Health in the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority is run by local health professionals with input from community committees, residents and advisory groups. Services stretch across the life span and support a continuum of care from health promotion and prevention to hospitalization, rehabilitative care and home care.
BC Childrens Hospital BC Children's Hospital and Sunny Hill Health Centre for Children, agencies of the Provincial Health Services Authority, provide expert care for the province's most seriously ill or injured children, including newborns and adolescents.
BC Womens Hospital & Health Centre BC BC Women's Hospital & Health Centre, an agency of the Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA), is the only facility in B.C. devoted primarily to the health of women, newborns, and families.
B.C. Cancer Agency The BC Cancer Agency - along with seven other provincially mandated health care agencies - is a member of the Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA). The PHSA is responsible for governing, managing, and funding this group of health care agencies and services.
Cambie Surgery Center The Cambie Surgery Centre (CSC) can proudly boast that it is Canada's most modern Surgical unit. It is the first facility of its kind to be built in Canada, and it is located in beautiful Vancouver, British Columbia. We offer several procedures in orthopedic, cosmetic plastic, neuro, ENT, reconstructive and general surgery.
Health Links Vancouver Vancouvers Alternate Health Providers.
Inglewood Care Centre Inglewood Care Centre is a continuing care provider for older adults. We facilitate the delivery of supportive, holistic care to promote wellness, dignity and quality of life.
IStop, Pain Clinic The concept of pain following neuropathy (nerve dysfunction) was pioneered by Dr. C. Chan Gunn, a clinical professor and Honorary Peterhouse Cambridge Fellow. The most effective treatment for radiculopathic pain is Intramuscular Stimulation (IMS), a comprehensive system of diagnosis and treatment using objective, clinical signs to dictate step-by-step treatment of neuropathic nerves in shortened muscle.
Providence Health Care If a loved one is considering a move to one of our residential care facilities, reading the information for residents will help you become more familiar with daily activities and the many staff and volunteers there to help. Providence Health Care residents live at Holy Family Hospital, St. Vincent's Hospitals (Brock Fahrni Pavilion, Heather, Langara), Mount Saint Joseph Hospital and Youville Residence.
The Mobile Excape, Massage & Spa Services the mobileexcape professionals specialize in a multitude of therapies which they incorporate into each treatment to help your body receive the assistance it needs to heal and repair as rapidly as possible.
OTHER HEALTH:
Disabilities
Do you or someone you know have a disability ? Here is a collection of links to helpful and informative web sites.
Health Associations in Canada
Extensive list of Health Related Associations.
Health Canada
Canada Health Act is to ensure that all eligible residents of Canada have reasonable access to medically necessary insured services on a prepaid basis, without direct charges at the point of service.
Health Care in Canada
Health Care is availabe to all Canadians as established by the Federal Government's Canada Health Act. Health Care Insurance plans have basic similarities across the country including coverage of medically necessary hospital services and the services of a physician, however, any further coverage varies from province to province based on additional provincial funding.
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