* The entire campus is built on land either donated or purchased by the
community.
* Peace Arch Hospital is one of 12 acute care hospitals located within the
Fraser Health Authority.
* Services include: diagnostics, medical imaging, surgical services, cardiac
care, 24-hour emergency room, maternity unit, long-term and geriatric care,
extended care, palliative care, intensive care, psychiatry and general
medicine.
* There are approximately 475 beds at Peace Arch Hospital including 300
residential care beds.
* Over 1,800 staff and 130 physicians work at Peace Arch Hospital
* Over 39,000 patients visited the Emergency Room this year and there were
over 8,000 patient admissions.
* This year approximately 4,900 surgeries were performed, 81,500 Medical
Imaging Exams were given and 800 babies were delivered.
History Of Peace Arch Hospital
On May 22nd 1947, the White Rock Hospital Society was formed to build and maintain a small hospital to serve the White Rock District. The following year the Women’s Auxiliary was established and enthusiastically embarked on a fund raising campaign.
Local resident, Mrs. Amy Weatherby, donated a five and a half acre site of land in 1951 and the Government gave permission to build a hospital if White Rock could raise one-third of the cost of the hospital. The total cost was only $100,000 as generous members of the community donated much of the building supplies and labour. The fundraising was a success and the original 45-bed White Rock District Hospital was officially opened on August 25th, 1954.
The Berkley Building was purchased in 1967 as an extended care unit. In 1968, the six story building that you see today was constructed by the Society and a further 108 acute beds were opened. An expansion of the diagnostic and support services took place in 1993, the addition of 150 extended care beds were opened in 1987 within the Weatherby Pavilion and in 1996, a new 150 bed extended care unit, the Finlay Pavilion, was constructed. In 1993 the Society changed its name to Peace Arch Hospital.
For over 50 years, the Peace Arch Hospital has provided the community with a range of services including emergency care, general surgery, maternity, pediatrics, internal medicine, diagnostic services, intensive care and long-term care. Currently, the PAH has 178 acute beds, 343 extended care beds and is served by over 130 physicians and 1800 health care workers.
