Vancouver General Hospital, UBC Hospital and GF Strong Rehab Centre are a hub for pioneering research, medical education and acute, tertiary or quaternary patient care—the type of care that only several centres around the world can deliver. Patients referred to our hospitals from across the province have severely complicated illnesses and diseases, requiring the type of highly specialized care available only here. In fact, about half of the patients who are treated here come from outside the Lower Mainland of B.C. Whether you need surgery for lung or prostate cancer, a transplant, treatment for a heart problem, or emergency care after a catastrophic accident, you will find yourself at VGH.