Peace Arch Hospital

• How a big bird named ‘Magrau’ is helping make hospital visits less scary for B.C. kids

  Magrau is a ventriloquist puppet, and the star of six videos for children aiming to take the mystery out of common procedures they might encounter at the hospital.

  Health

  Feb 1
  
• New mental health and addictions unit at B.C.’s Peace Arch Hospital sitting idle

  The new mental health and substance use facility at the Peace Arch Hospital in White Rock was built as a part of Phase 2 of a multi-million dollar emergency department upgrade.

  Health

  Jan 9
  
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• New pediatrician recruited to Peace Arch Hospital to ease maternity ward woes

  The new doctor is expected to start work in the fall, supporting the "stabilization of pediatric and maternity services" at the White Rock hospital.

  Health

  Aug 31, 2022
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• Peace Arch Hospital maternity ward to stay open in last-minute reversal

  Last week, the health authority said it would be indefinitely diverting expecting parents-to-be to Langley Memorial Hospital, effective Jan. 28, due to an "unexpected leave."

  Health

  Jan 20, 2022
• ‘Another layer of stress’: Expecting mom on Peace Arch Hospital maternity ward closure

  Sandra Morse's first child is due in March and her carefully-prepared birth plan included labouring at her parents' house and delivering at the Peace Arch Hospital.

  Health

  Jan 17, 2022
• Peace Arch Hospital maternity ward to shutter indefinitely due to pediatrician shortage

  Effective Jan. 28, Fraser Health is asking people who had planned to give birth in the hospital to divert to Langley Memorial Hospital for their deliveries. 

  Health

  Jan 14, 2022
• New staff lounge to honour innocent B.C. nurse killed in Metro Vancouver gang conflict

  Paul Bennett was an operating room nurse at White Rock's Peace Arch Hospital, before he was fatally shot in his Cloverdale driveway in June 2018 in a case of mistaken identity.

  Crime

  Aug 4, 2021
• Pregnant patients to be diverted from Peace Arch Hospital due to ‘gap’ in pediatrician coverage

  The health authority said anyone giving birth between July 8 and July 19 with birth plans for the hospital should go instead to Langley Memorial Hospital.

  Health

  Jul 2, 2021
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• Fraser Health directors, staff accused of jumping COVID-19 vaccine queue in B.C.

  According to front-line workers speaking to Global News, two hospital directors and two other staff members not involved in direct patient care received "leftover" vaccine doses.

  Health

  Jan 12, 2021
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• Homicide cops take over after badly injured woman, left outside B.C. hospital, dies

  Police say the woman in her 30s was left at the Peace Arch Hospital around 5:30 a.m. with "significant" injuries. 

  Crime

  Jun 18, 2020