Celebrating 1 Year: Phil and Jennie Gaglardi Surgical Centre | VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation

Thank you to all of our donors for making the Future of Surgery possible

The Phil & Jennie Gaglardi Surgical Centre features 16 new state-of-the-art operating rooms, a 40-bed pre-and-post-operative care unit, new communication systems to manage activities for health professionals across two operating floors, and upgraded infrastructure.

Throughout years of careful planning, leaders from across our community and health care system were brought together with patients and frontline health care providers to develop a plan that resulted in an efficient, effective, state-of-the art surgical rejuvenation.

The centre opened its doors to patients in May 2021, and we’re thrilled to be celebrating the one-year anniversary of this new state-of-the-art space, which is saving and improving the lives of our loved ones 365 days a year.

Thousands of donors from across the province contributed $60 million to VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation as part of the Future of Surgery campaign, joining the $145 million transformational project at both VGH and UBC Hospital.

These two centres of surgical excellence provide care for 60% of all adult trauma cases in BC, performing over 30,000 surgeries a year.

Read more about the Future of Surgery: https://vghfoundation.ca/surgery/