Vancouver General Hospital is located at 899 West 12th Avenue in Vancouver. The Photo ID Processing Centre is located at in Room 17 of the basement of the Doctors Residence, 2775 Heather Street. To obtain photo identification, you have to bring a piece of government- issued photo ID (Driver’s License, Passport, Citizenship Card, etc). Hours are Monday – Friday, 08:00-12:00 and 13:00-15:30, with the exception of statutory holidays. Contact vchphotoid@vch.ca or 604-875-4560. A map of the hospital is available here.
In-Hospital
Cafeteria (level 2 of Jim Pattison Pavillion)
Cafe Ami (level 1 of Jim Pattison Pavillion) – light snacks
Starbucks (Diamond Health Centre)
Salad Loop (Diamond Health Centre)
Zookaz Kaffee (Diamond Health Centre)
Out-of-Hospital
Many coffee shops and restaurants located along Broadway (5-10 minute walk away from the hospital). Some examples:
Sushi: Dragon Sushi, many others
Fast Food: Chipotle, Tim Hortons, A&W, High Five Chicken
Late Night: Donair Dude is open until 3am
Call Rooms
Located on the 2nd floor of Leon Blackmore Pavilion. You will need to swipe your access card to gain access to rooms. Call rooms are allocated to residents assigned to various hospital-based services, and your service chiefs can provide you with the room codes.
Computers/Dictation Space
The lounge is also located on the 2nd of Leon Blackmore Pavilion, next to the call rooms. You will be able to gain entry with your access card. There are computers available for looking up laboratory and imaging results, and phones were you can dictate.
Library
There is a large Biomedical Branch Library on the second floor of Diamond Health Care Centre, which has a constantly updated catalog of medical textbooks and journals. Check on the UBC Library website for full hours, including weekend and holiday hours, which vary depending on the time of year.
Lockers
There are lockers outside of the call room entrance, as well as within the call room area.
A list of the Lactation Rooms across BC can be found here.
In-Hospital
The main VGH parkade is located on Laurel St, between 12th and 13th Avenue. Daily parking is $8.00 if you show your hospital ID, otherwise it is $18.75 for 24 hours. Parking is also available at Diamond Health Care Centre (entrance on Laurel between 12th and 11th).
For call-back mileage reimbursement, Residents can submit their expense claims through the Resident Reimbursement Site. Submitted claims are routed to PAs for approval and then the PGME Office. Once approved by the PGME Office, claims are submitted to VCH who reimburse residents directly via direct deposit.
For call-back parking, please submit separately using this form. Residents working at hospitals within Vancouver Coastal Health should fill out this form and submit directly to VCH Payroll and Beibei Jia. The form must be signed by the Program Administrator.
Street
There are many 2-hour parking spots around the hospital (eg. on Oak between 12th and 11th), however be warned that residents who exceed this 2-hour stay have been ticketed by the City of Vancouver.
Bikes
The VGH Cycling Centre is located at 866 West 10th Ave in Vancouver. It offers more than 170 indoor bicycle parking spots, including 12 electric bicycle spots, lockers, showers, towel service, a lounge and a bike repair room for maintenance and tune-ups. For more information, visit the centre during business hours or visit their website.
Public Transit
Buses 15, 17, 9 and 99 B-Line all stop on West Broadway, close to VGH. Use the TransLink Trip Planner to assist you in selecting a route.
Intra-Hospital Shuttle
There is a free employee shuttle that goes between SPH, BCCA, VGH, GF Strong, and Children’s Hospital daily Monday-Friday, except statutory holidays. The shuttle leaves every half hour from each site, beginning at 7:05 and the last one leaves at 17:05. The schedule is available here.
Coffee shops close around 7-9pm, so bring your own cup (there is a coffee machine in the resident lounge).
Preferred Restaurants in the area includes:
Sushi Dragon, Tractor, there is a great food court in City Square Mall which is only a 5-7 min walk away from the hospital. It has a stir-fry and dumpling restaurant which are great!