by Carlito Pablo on January 6th, 2021 at 9:48 AM 1 of 1 2 of 1
Last summer, Providence Health Care announced the sale of the Paul’s Hospital site in Vancouver’s West End.
Concord Pacific bought 1081 Burrard Street from the Catholic nonprofit for nearly $1 billion.
Started in 1894, St. Paul’s is almost as old as the City of Vancouver.
It will continue to operate until a new hospital is completed at 1002 Station Street in the Downtown Eastside in 2026.
As Heritage Vancouver Society notes in a recent report, the “question of what comes next is crucial”.
The heritage group states that the “gap caused by the moving of St. Paul’s” raises a number of concerns.
Credit Screenshot from Providence Health Care
Health care organizations around the Northwest are in various stages of inoculating their employees with the new Covid vaccines.
That brings different levels of complications. Those complications include finding enough vaccine to get doses for everyone and then getting them scheduled for shots.
Susan Stacey, the chief nursing officer at Providence Sacred Heart in Spokane, says the health system has vaccinated about 2,000 of its workers.
“We have not seen a significant impact on staffing for the vaccine. One of the things we have been doing is asking our caregivers proactively to schedule their vaccinations at the end of a stretch, just to minimize effects, she said.
Pandemic brings opportunity for some, devastation for others
- The COVID-19 pandemic dominated news headlines in 2020 and served as the subtext for many of the significant business decisions made in the Spokane area during the year. With that backdrop, the Inland Northwest business community experienced a number of significant setbacks, with longtime retailers and once-promising startups closing, and jobless rates reaching heights not witnessed in more than a decade. At the same time, businesses that boomed during the pandemic made plans for significant expansions that could have lasting effects well after the pandemic is held at bay. Below are the top 25 Inland Northwest business stories of 2020, in chronological order.
Ontario’s lockdown: ‘It does require sacrifices’ December 23, 2020
There’s no question the strain of the pandemic is hitting every area of Canadians’ lives as the year draws to a close.
With lockdowns spreading in reaction to the rising number of COVID-19 infections, schools, hospitals and churches are all trying to figure out ways to cope.
From the frontlines of the emergency room in St. Joseph’s Hospital in Hamilton, Ont., Dr. Greg Rutledge reports that the strain is taking a toll among professionals.
“I’ve seen it (strain) in the emergency department. I’ve seen it with the nursing colleagues who are going out to support the long-term care homes that are in crisis and outbreaks.. the people feel it,” Rutledge said.
A former hospital lab worker claims in a whistleblower lawsuit against Ascension Providence that he was fired when he reported concerns about health and safety protocols in the lab after he tested positive for COVID-19.
John Strawser, who worked as a microbiology technologist at the hospital for almost 12 years, is seeking from $100,000 to $250,000 in his lawsuit against Ascension Providence and parent company Providence Healthcare Network. The suit was filed Wednesday in Wacoâs 414th State District Court by the Waco law firm of Scanes & Routh.
A hospital spokesperson declined comment Friday, saying the hospital does not comment on pending litigation.