Providence Health Care is a

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health care provider that operates seven facilities in

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, Canada. Providence Health Care was formed through the consolidation of CHARA Health Care Society, Holy Family Hospital and St. Paul's Hospital on April 1, 1997. Providence Health Care became a single legal entity on March 31, 2000. The president of Providence sits on the executive team of Vancouver Coastal Health. It is a

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affiliate of

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and partners with the

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and the

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to provide services to residents of the Vancouver Coastal region and specialty services to residents across British Columbia. In October 2008, Providence Health Care was named one of

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by Mediacorp Canada Inc., which was announced by

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and the Victoria

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Facilities and operations

* St. Paul's Hospital, an acute care, academic and research hospital with over 500 acute care beds located in downtown Vancouver. Mt St Joe BC

Mount Saint Joseph Hospital Mount Saint Joseph Hospital (MSJ) is a community Acute care, acute-care hospital located in Vancouver, British Columbia. Like St. Paul's Hospital (Vancouver), St. Paul's Hospital in downtown Vancouver, Mount Saint Joseph is operated by Providence H ...

, a community hospital with 140 acute care and 100 extended care beds * St. Vincent's Hospitals (Brock Fahrni, Langara and Heather pavilions), facilities in Vancouver being redeveloped into a campus of care for seniors * Holy Family Hospital, a provincial referral centre providing rehabilitation and residential care. Located in South Vancouver, offers 76 inpatient beds, a range of outpatient rehab services and 142 residential care beds. * Youville Residence, a multi-level care facility that is home to 84 residents * St John Hospice, 12-bed facility for the care of the terminally ill. It opened in December 2005 as the first hospice on Vancouver's Westside.

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