New St. Paul's Hospital emergency department called "quieter, more private"
The Vancouver Sun's headline uses those words for the emergency department at the new St. Paul's Hospital. The piece features a patient sent there by her family doctor 15 years ago.
Reported by Vancouver Sun; Providence Health Care and Vancouver Coastal Health confirmation pending.
Illustrative photoThe emergency department at Vancouver's new St. Paul's Hospital is "quieter, more private," according to the headline on a Vancouver Sun feature about the facility.
The piece features Bonnie Quam, a Vancouver resident who found a lump 15 years ago. Her family doctor told her to go to the emergency room at St. Paul's Hospital.
Quam's referral is a small example of how patients in Vancouver end up at St. Paul's: on a doctor's advice, with a worry that needs checking. The Sun's headline suggests the department they now walk into is a different kind of space from the one she was sent to.
Neither Providence Health Care nor Vancouver Coastal Health has been quoted on the department's design or how it operates.
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