News in New Westminster

Royal Columbian Hospital teams held a patient transfer day rehearsal to prepare for moving patients into the new Jim Pattison Acute Care Tower.

Nearly 4,000 volunteers support our long-term care homes, hospitals and community programs across 20 locations, contributing more than 322,565 hours of service in the past year alone.

International recruitment helps us bring in varied skills and expertise.

Across Fraser Health, nine health care foundations help propel hospital expansions, technology advancement and local health services—connecting threads of community generosity to meaningful enhancements in care.

Look ahead: The new year brings us closer to making transformational changes to the Royal Columbian Hospital (RCH) campus. The months ahead will be critical for preparing for the opening of the new Jim Pattison Acute Care Tower (JPACT). Our teams are hard at work to get ready for opening day.

We’re shining a spotlight on the incredible individuals and teams who have gone above and beyond in five categories: Service Delivery Excellence, Best Collaboration, Innovator, Fraser Health Hero and Lifetime Achievement. Read their inspiring stories and watch how their extraordinary efforts positively impact the people we serve.

Fraser Health’s regional robotic surgical program is taking a giant leap forward with the arrival of a second da Vinci Xi robotic surgical system. Royal Columbian Hospital received the first da Vinci system last fall.

More than 110 U.S. nurses, physicians and allied health professionals have joined Fraser Health as part of a provincial campaign to attract American health care workers and break down barriers to them practising in Canada.

A research team conducted experiments in France that could shape future medical protocols for astronauts and patients on Earth.

Look ahead: We are counting down the months before the first patients arrive in the new Jim Pattison Acute Care Tower (JPACT).

Fraser Health’s robotic surgical program is moving forward with the arrival of the da Vinci Xi robotic surgical system at Royal Columbian Hospital, funded by the Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation.

Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) has issued weather alerts for several parts of the province, including the Fraser Health and Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) regions, as we experience a stretch of high temperatures.

Patients, staff and medical staff played an important part in shaping the new, larger Emergency Department at Royal Columbian Hospital.

Patients and families across Fraser Health are another step closer to receiving care at the new Jim Pattison Acute Care Tower, as the project reached a major milestone: substantial completion.

Royal Columbian Hospital is one of 12 hospitals in North America involved in a study that has been published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).

The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Royal Columbian Hospital will get a significant upgrade when the new Jim Pattison Acute Care Tower opens.

More people now have access to timely, streamlined care for urgent mental-health and substance-use concerns at the new Urgent Care Response Centre North at Royal Columbian Hospital in New Westminster.

Read on to learn about unique design features and the efforts to reflect the community in the exciting Royal Columbian Hospital Redevelopment project.

A new study explored the benefits of integrating nurse practitioners in orthopedic teams at major Canadian hospitals. Specifically, the research looked at how nurse practitioners are improving care at Burnaby Hospital.

Keeping germs at bay is an ongoing challenge in health care. As microbes that cause infections become more resistant to the drugs designed to treat them, effective cleaning and disinfecting plays a critical role in patient care.