BC Women's Hospital and Health Centre

A nurse practitioner and gynecologist provide complex contraception counselling, menstrual suppression, and dilator therapy in addition to regular reproductive health screening for transgender patients, adolescents age 16 and older, adult women with intellectual or physical disabilities, and others ...

Provides women aged 40 years or older at the time of delivery, prenatal diagnostic procedures including amniocentesis, and chorionic villus sampling. Also provides diagnostic procedures in cooperation with the medical genetics program. Referral required from a physician, midwife, or obstetrician. Se...

Provides specialized inpatient or at-home care for women experiencing pregnancy complications, or medical or surgical concerns. Women may be admitted into the hospital with concerns such as preterm labour, premature rupture of membranes, bleeding, high blood pressure, diabetes management, fetal cond...

Provides specialized gynecological services, in particular for women with chronic pelvic pain and endometriosis. Offers pain education workshops, pelvic floor physiotherapy, clinical counselling, medical management, and surgery. Physician referral required. Hours are 8 am to 4 pm Monday to Friday.

Provides pasteurized donor human milk to premature and sick babies whose own mothers can't provide any or enough breast milk. The Milk Bank screens milk donors, collects and pasteurizes donated milk, and distributes it to hospitals across BC. Donor milk is available by a doctor's or midwife's prescr...

Screening Mammography program offers mammograms to detect early breast cancer in women; no appointment required. Provides free screening mammograms to women ages 40 and up; self-referrals accepted. Diagnostic Services are for women who have an abnormality detected from their screening mammogram, or ...

Offers clinical support and information to breastfeeding families in hospital and as outpatients. Also provides information and support to healthcare providers throughout BC. Nurse Lactation Consultants consult with women in BC Women's, hold breastfeeding oupatient clinics, and hold prenatal multipl...

Provides services for women experiencing an unintended pregnancy, or who require an abortion for genetic or medical reasons. Includes decision-making counselling, pre- and post-abortion counselling, and surgical abortions up to the 24th week of pregnancy. Provides counselling for women who have expe...

Provides physiotherapy-based treatment to women who are experiencing problems with bladder or bowel control in a supportive and respectful environment that acknowledges the sensitive, personal nature of incontinence; works collaboratively with clients and their other health care providers. Self-refe...

Provides medical care to women who are experiencing complications in early pregnancy (gestational age between six and 12 weeks plus six days pregnant). Services include assessment, diagnosis, and management of early pregnancy complications and early pregnancy loss, grief and loss counselling, and fo...

Provides prenatal and postpartum care for women with substance use, and their infants. Services are provided on an outpatient basis, and include withdrawal management and/or methadone stabilization, obstetrical and medical care, alcohol and drug counselling, First Nations advocacy, parenting groups,...

Provides care for substance-using women and substance-exposed newborns in a single unit. Helps women and their newborns stabilize and withdraw from substances, keeping mothers and babies together whenever possible and continuing to provide care from antepartum to postpartum and between hospital and ...

Provides maternity care and coordinates health care during pregnancy, birth, and up to six weeks after delivery to women in the Vancouver area. Also offers personalized care and support to women who have had a previous caesarean section and women with addictions; provides referrals to specialists wh...

Provides on-site services to improve the health of Indigenous women and girls, and their families. Indigenous patient navigators offer day-to-day advocacy support, development and implementation of culturally safe and appropriate health care services, and information and referrals to Indigenous comm...

Provides assistance to individuals and their families through the process of identifying a genetic diagnosis. Services include evaluation and diagnosis of genetic conditions, assessment and counselling, as well as prenatal genetic screening, assessment and counselling for pregnant women. Doctor, mid...

Provides medical and surgical care for babies after birth that need special attention for reasons such as preterm birth, low birth weight, breathing difficulty, and infection. Also provides follow-up care for infants and children who are at highest risk of disability or for those where little is kno...

Provides comprehensive maternity care for women with refugee, refugee claimant, or permanent resident status, who are new to the country and do not yet have Provincial Medical Services Plan (MSP) coverage, have significant financial hardship, and who meet the eligibility criteria as determined by BC...

Offers general health care for women ages 18 and up who are new to Canada (less than five years) and do not have a healthcare provider. Services include but are not limited to, cervical cancer screening, breast screening, testing for sexually transmitted infections, and birth control counselling. In...

Provides clinical care for women, children, and youth with HIV/AIDS. Also educates affected families, health care professionals, agencies, and the public about the complex issues of HIV infection in women and children. Accepts self-referrals from self or health care professionals. Hours are from 8:3...

Lifestyle and gentle fall prevention exercise program that is safe for those with osteoporosis and low bone mass, designed to improve strength, balance, and coordination, as well as functional ability, independence, and quality of life. Provides the link between physiotherapy and group fitness class...

Offers a free, confidential telephone line for women with an unintended pregnancy. Provides short-term telephone counselling, referral support, and information about abortion, adoption, and parenting resources. Counselling services are non-judgmental and supportive of every option. Serves BC. Hours ...

Provides blood testing and ultrasound screening for pregnant women to test if their baby may have a birth defect, such as a chromosome abnormality, trisomy 18 or an open neural tube defect. These tests are ordered by a health care provider and can be done at any hospital or laboratory. Referral requ...

Provides support to women and their partners who have experienced recurrent pregnancy loss. Women who have experienced a single late miscarriage (at greater than 10 weeks gestational age) will also be seen. Services include gynecologic consultation, investigation of recurrent early or late miscarria...

Provides sensitive, confidential, and comprehensive health and emotional care to anyone from any province or country, age 13 and over, who has been sexually assaulted within the past seven days. Services include assessment and treatment of injuries and sexually transmitted infections. At the survivo...

Provides sensitive, confidential, and comprehensive health and emotional care to anyone from any province or country, age 13 and over, who has been sexually assaulted within the past seven days. Services include assessment and treatment of injuries and sexually transmitted infections. At the survivo...