Richmond Hospital

Richmond Hospital first opened on February 26, 1966, with 132 beds, and was first known as Richmond General Hospital. The first patient was admitted and the first baby was born in the hospital on March 17, 1966.{{cite news |last=Davis |first=Chuck |title=The History of Metropolitan Vancouver: 1966 |url=https://vancouverhistory.ca/chronology1966.htm |accessdate=7 June 2015 |newspaper=The History of Metropolitan Vancouver |date=2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181004074520/https://vancouverhistory.ca/chronology1966.htm |archive-date=4 October 2018 |url-status=dead}} The original building is now known as the "North Tower"; the "South Tower" was completed in 1980.{{cite news |last=Davis |first=Chuck |title=The History of Metropolitan Vancouver: 1980 |url=https://vancouverhistory.ca/chronology1980.htm |accessdate=7 June 2015 |newspaper=The History of Metropolitan Vancouver |date=2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181004104854/http://www.vancouverhistory.ca/chronology1980.htm |archive-date=4 October 2018 |url-status=dead}} In 1992, Richmond General Hospital was rebranded as "The Richmond Hospital".{{cite news |last=Davis |first=Chuck |title=The History of Metropolitan Vancouver: 1992 |url=https://vancouverhistory.ca/chronology1992.htm |accessdate=7 June 2015 |newspaper=The History of Metropolitan Vancouver |date=2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181004090924/http://www.vancouverhistory.ca/chronology1992.htm |archive-date=4 October 2018 |url-status=dead}} Minoru Residence extended care facility was opened two years later.{{cite web |title=Minoru Residence {{!}} Vancouver Coastal Health |url=https://www.vch.ca/en/location/minoru-residence |website=www.vch.ca |access-date=22 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240118024430/https://www.vch.ca/en/location/minoru-residence |archive-date=18 January 2024 |language=en |url-status=live}}

In 1997, the Westminster Health Centre building was opened to house administration, psychiatry and ambulatory care. The same year the hospital was amalgamated with the Vancouver/Richmond Health Board.{{cite magazine |title=Joyful Giving {{!}} Spring/Summer 2021 |url=https://www.richmondhospitalfoundation.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/2021-JoyfulGiving-ENG.pdf |website=Richmond Hospital Foundation |access-date=22 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221113194533/https://www.richmondhospitalfoundation.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/2021-JoyfulGiving-ENG.pdf |archive-date=13 November 2022 |page=6 |language=en |url-status=live}} In 1999, due to space opened up by opening the Westminster building, the Emergency Department and Diagnostic Imaging were considerably expanded.{{cn|date=April 2024}}

In 2001, the Vancouver/Richmond Health Board was re-structured to become part of the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority, which includes "Richmond Health Services" as the local umbrella organization.{{cite web |title=Financial Statements of VANCOUVER COASTAL HEALTH AUTHORITY |url=https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/british-columbians-our-governments/government-finances/public-accounts/2010-11/sup-e/vancouver-coastal-health-authority-fs-2010-11.pdf |website=Government of British Columbia |access-date=26 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240426053942/https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/british-columbians-our-governments/government-finances/public-accounts/2010-11/sup-e/vancouver-coastal-health-authority-fs-2010-11.pdf |archive-date=26 April 2024 |page=8 |url-status=live}} The hospital is currently part of Richmond Health Services and is now known simply as "Richmond Hospital" (without the preceding "The").{{cn|date=April 2024}}

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Richmond Hospital is the only hospital in Richmond, British Columbia, and is a large community hospital with 200 beds serving the needs of residents in Richmond, Delta, as well as travelers using the Vancouver International Airport and BC Ferries.{{cite news|title=Richmond Hospital|url=http://www.vch.ca/locations-and-services/find-locations/?site_id=135|accessdate=7 June 2015|newspaper=Vancouver Coastal Health|date=2014}} It is a teaching hospital affiliated with the University of British Columbia.{{cite web |title=Affiliated Teaching Sites {{!}} Anesthesiology, Pharmacology and Therapeutics |url=https://apt.med.ubc.ca/hospital-sites/bc-teaching-sites/ |website=apt.med.ubc.ca |access-date=29 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240224155433/https://apt.med.ubc.ca/hospital-sites/bc-teaching-sites/ |archive-date=24 February 2024 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |title=Research Institutes and Centres {{!}} The University of British Columbia |url=https://www.ubc.ca/our-campuses/vancouver/directories/institutes-centres.html |website=www.ubc.ca |access-date=29 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240429023924/https://www.ubc.ca/our-campuses/vancouver/directories/institutes-centres.html |archive-date=29 April 2024 |url-status=live}} The Emergency Department is classified as a Level 3 trauma centre, opens 24/7, and sees more than 50,000 patients annually.{{cite news|last=Kenter|first=Peter|title=Thriving under pressure: emergency department nurses in high demand|url=http://vchnews.ca/news-richmond/2015/05/13/richmond-hospital-ed-nurse-featured-in-canada-wide-healthcare-story/|accessdate=7 June 2015|newspaper=VCH News|date=6 May 2015|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304084658/http://vchnews.ca/news-richmond/2015/05/13/richmond-hospital-ed-nurse-featured-in-canada-wide-healthcare-story/|url-status=live}} The hospital can provide most of the medical and surgical care for its patients. Some patients requiring highly specialized care would need to be transferred to tertiary care facilities in Vancouver. Richmond Hospital has transfer agreements and policies with Vancouver General Hospital, St. Paul's Hospital, British Columbia's Children's Hospital, and BC Women's Hospital and Health Centre.

In addition to an established inpatient psychiatry unit and outpatient psychiatry services, a Psychiatric Emergency Unit was completed in March 2009 for short-term admission of psychiatric patients in crisis.{{cite web |title=RICHMOND HOSPITAL TO RECEIVE $10M UPGRADES |url=https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/news_releases_2005-2009/2009hserv0041-000791.htm |website=archive.news.gov.bc.ca |access-date=22 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240422193236/https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/news_releases_2005-2009/2009hserv0041-000791.htm |archive-date=22 April 2024 |url-status=live}}

In September 2009, the new $6.5 million birth centre opened.{{cite web |last1=Hoekstra |first1=Matthew |title=Richmond Review - Hospital celebrates birth of new maternity centre |url=http://www.bclocalnews.com/richmond_southdelta/richmondreview/community/59066792.html |website=richmondreview.com |date=16 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090916001054/http://www.bclocalnews.com/richmond_southdelta/richmondreview/community/59066792.html |archive-date=16 September 2009 |url-status=dead}} It features 15 private maternity care rooms, a six-bed Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and a maternity-specific operating room and recovery area.{{cite web |title=About |url=https://rhbirthcentre.vch.ca/about |website=Richmond Birth Centre |access-date=22 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240406041436/https://rhbirthcentre.vch.ca/about |archive-date=6 April 2024 |url-status=live}}

On April 8, 2009, the provincial government announced a $10 million upgrade package for RH. These renovations were completed in April 2011 and include a {{convert|2000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} expansion and upgrade to the Emergency Department ($4.9 million), expansion of ambulatory surgical services ($2.9 million) and an expansion and upgrade of the Sterile Processing Department ($2.4 million).

Non-medical amenities and enhancements include a large atrium inside the main entrance where one can find a Starbucks and a gift shop. There is a cafeteria on the second floor. There are several well-maintained gardens on the hospital property. The hospital is right beside Minoru Park which has many footpaths, trees and several small lakes.

In April 2014, work began on a $2 million renovation to the atrium area inside the main hospital entrance. It is funded almost entirely by the Milan and Maureen Ilich Foundation and scheduled for completion in August 2014. The Westminster Health Centre building and the renovated atrium area will be renamed the Milan Ilich Pavilion. The reconfigured space will become a hub for information and services and include a new admitting desk, a dedicated family and patient centre and a simpler way-finding strategy. There will even be an expansion of the existing Starbucks outlet.{{cite news|last=Hoekstra|first=Matthew|title=Welcome changes coming to Richmond Hospital|url=http://www.bclocalnews.com/news/255508321.html|accessdate=24 May 2014|newspaper=BC Local News|date=16 April 2014|archive-date=24 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140524041339/http://www.bclocalnews.com/news/255508321.html|url-status=dead}}

During the COVID-19 pandemic, parking at Richmond Hospital became free for staff and visitors starting April 1, 2020.{{cite news|title=Vancouver Coastal Health Suspends Pay Parking|url=http://www.vch.ca/about-us/news/news-releases/vancouver-coastal-health-suspends-pay-parking|accessdate=22 April 2020|newspaper=Vancouver Coastal Health|date=30 March 2020|archive-date=1 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200601220848/http://www.vch.ca/about-us/news/news-releases/vancouver-coastal-health-suspends-pay-parking|url-status=live}}

In March 2018, the ministry announced a new acute-care building for the hospital. The new building shall include more beds and alleviate the concerns that the original building shall collapse due to seismic activity.{{Cite web|last=Wood|first=Graeme|title=Premier Horgan announces new Richmond Hospital tower on its way|url=http://www.richmond-news.com/news/premier-horgan-announces-new-richmond-hospital-tower-on-its-way-1.23244878|access-date=2020-09-09|website=Richmond News|archive-date=2020-11-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109030724/https://www.richmond-news.com/news/premier-horgan-announces-new-richmond-hospital-tower-on-its-way-1.23244878|url-status=live}} In July 2020, the province announced that the building will be bigger than the one announced in 2018. In addition to the acute tower, it shall include an expanded emergency room, ICU, pharmacy, pediatric unit, and surgical suit. It will also add 113 new beds. Completion of the business plan for the project is expected in September 2020, with construction starting soon after. It is due to open in 2024.{{Cite web|title=Richmond Acute Care Tower Redevelopment Project|url=http://www.vch.ca/about-us/development-projects/richmond-acute-care-tower-redevelopment-project|access-date=2020-09-09|website=www.vch.ca|archive-date=2020-09-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924220458/http://www.vch.ca/about-us/development-projects/richmond-acute-care-tower-redevelopment-project|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|date=2020-07-02|title=Richmond Hospital Extension Sizes Up|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/richmond-hospital-expansion-project-sizes-up-1.5635200|access-date=2020-09-09|website=CBC News|archive-date=2020-09-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200901083004/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/richmond-hospital-expansion-project-sizes-up-1.5635200|url-status=live}}

• Emergency (open 24/7)
• Ambulatory Care
• Cardiopulmonary/Neurodiagnostics
• Children's and Women's Health (including labour and delivery, maternity, gynecology, pediatrics and a neonatal intensive care unit)
• Diagnostics (laboratory and diagnostic imaging)
• Integrated Palliative Care Program
• Intensive Care and Coronary Care
• Maternity
• Medicine (includes cardiology, gastroenterology, respiratory, rheumatology, neurology, geriatrics, infectious diseases, medical oncology and sleep disorders)
• Cancer Care Clinic
• Pediatrics
• Psychiatry
• Rehabilitation
• Surgery (includes general, urology, plastics, ENT, ophthalmology, orthopedics and vascular)

Richmond Hospital is located on the southeast corner of Westminster Highway and Gilbert Road, and can be accessed by TransLink Buses 401, 407, and 414.{{cite news|title=Richmond Hospital: Patient & Family Handbook|url=http://vch.eduhealth.ca/PDFs/JB/JB.300.R4141.pdf|accessdate=7 June 2015|newspaper=Vancouver Coastal Health|date=June 2011|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304071252/http://vch.eduhealth.ca/PDFs/JB/JB.300.R4141.pdf|url-status=live}} As well, the Canada Line Richmond–Brighouse Station is located three blocks east of the hospital. Located on the southwest corner of the hospital is a multi-storey car park accessible from Gilbert Road, and as of November 2013, it charges $1.75 for half-hour parking, $15 for 24 hours parking, as well as $35.25 and $63.00 for its weekly and monthly parking passes, respectively.{{cite news|title=Parking Rates in Richmond|url=http://www.vch.ca/your-stay/parking-rates/richmond|accessdate=8 June 2015|newspaper=Vancouver Coastal Health|date=November 2013|archive-date=27 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160627014201/http://www.vch.ca/your-stay/parking-rates/richmond/|url-status=live}}

• {{Official website|https://www.vch.ca/en/location/richmond-hospital}}
• [https://www.richmondhospitalfoundation.com/ Richmond Hospital Foundation]

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