Vancouver Island Health Authority
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Vancouver Island Health Authority (VIHA) is the publicly-funded health care provider in an area in the Canadian province of British Columbia
. The region includes the communities of:
Hospitals and Health Centres
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
. The region includes the communities of:
- Vancouver IslandVancouver IslandVancouver Island is a large island in British Columbia, Canada. It is one of several North American locations named after George Vancouver, the British Royal Navy officer who explored the Pacific Northwest coast of North America between 1791 and 1794...
- Gulf IslandsGulf IslandsThe Gulf Islands are the islands in the Strait of Georgia , between Vancouver Island and the mainland of British Columbia, Canada....
- Johnstone StraitJohnstone StraitJohnstone Strait is a channel along the north east coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. Opposite the Vancouver Island coast, running north to south, are Hanson Island, West Cracroft Island, the mainland British Columbia Coast, Hardwick Island, West Thurlow Island and East...
- Central Coast (part of)
Hospitals and Health Centres
- Bamfield Health Centre
- Chemainus Health Care Centre
- Campbell River & District General Hospital
- Cormorant Island Health Centre
- Cortes Health Centre
- Cowichan District Hospital
- Cumberland Health Centre (Laboratory Only)
- Gabriola Medical Clinic
- Galiano Island Health Care Centre
- Gold River Health Centre
- Hornby Island Medical Clinic
- Kyuquot Health Centre
- Lady Minto/Gulf Islands Hospital
- Ladysmith Community Health Centre
- Mayne Island Health Care Centre
- Namgis Health Centre
- Nanaimo Regional General Hospital
- Pender Islands Bishop Coleman Memorial Health Centre
- Port Alice Health Centre
- Port Hardy Hospital
- Port McNeill and District Hospital
- Queen Alexandra Centre for Children's Health
- Royal Jubilee Hospital
- Saanich Peninsula Hospital
- Saturna Island Medical Clinic
- St. Joseph's General Hospital (Affiliate)
- Sointula Health Centre
- Tahsis Health Centre
- Tofino General Hospital
- Victoria General Hospital
- Victoria Hospice (Palliative Care)
- West Coast General Hospital
- Zeballos Health Centre
See also
Other Health Authorities in British Columbia:- Fraser HealthFraser HealthFraser Health is one of six publicly funded health care Regions into which the Canadian province of British Columbia is divided. It has 22,000 employees and serves the region from Boston Bar in the Fraser Canyon all the way down the Fraser River Valley to the Vancouver suburb of Burnaby...
- Interior HealthInterior HealthInterior Health is the publicly funded healthcare provider in an area of the Canadian province of British Columbia.Interior Health was established as one of five geographically based health authorities in 2001 by the Government of British Columbia...
- Northern HealthNorthern HealthNorthern Health is the publicly-funded healthcare provider for a the northern half of the Canadian province of British Columbia. The area region includes the communities of:* Atlin* Burns Lake* Chetwynd* Dawson Creek* Fort Nelson* Fort St. James* Fort St...
- Provincial Health Services AuthorityProvincial Health Services AuthorityProvincial Health Services Authority is a publicly funded health service provider in the province of British Columbia. Other health authorities in the province have a regional jurisdiction. PHSA is unique in Canada as the only health authority having a province-wide mandate for specialized health...
- Vancouver Coastal HealthVancouver Coastal HealthVancouver Coastal Health is a regional health authority providing direct and contracted health services including primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary care, home and community care, mental health services, population and preventive health and addictions services in part of Greater Vancouver...