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Originally Posted by WarrenC12
Which is west and east in this scenario.
MSJ provides a few specialized services, but otherwise doesn't need to exist. Those services could easily be folded into an expansion at VGH or future St. Paul's expansion that is already accounted for (this is most likely IMO).
Look on a map and tell me how we need another hospital on the Molson lands. It doesn't make sense.
There is additional land owned by VCH very close to VGH. It had a building that was demolished and now sits empty. That could accommodate a healthcare facility in the future as well.
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In this scenario, there are 3 hospitals in Vancouver (same as nowadays). One in Kits or the West End, one on the Flats, and one in Fairview.
Could you show me where?
I mean, yes, VGH has a block- sized parking lot behind it that it could build a new annex (it’s sized large enough to replace MSJ). But it’d pretty much be disconnected and act as a new hospital due to the site’s location and the existing hospital buildings. May as well build a new hospital elsewhere instead for geographical redundancy.
The reason is proximity to the West End, False Creek South, and Kitsilano (yes, I know about NIMBYs, but densification is ultimately inevitable), along with limited space on every single current site to expand without demolishing existing structures and/or reconfiguring the road network and/or going over the viewcones.
MSJ’s location is a bit redundant with St. Paul’s, so may as well trade it for a location in a place where it isn’t as redundant.
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Originally Posted by whatnext
Probably cheapest just to extend UB's hours to 24/7 then.
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...? UBC is about as useful for most of Vancouver as Richmond General.