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People on the North Shore and in communities being served by Lions Gate Hospital now have enhanced access to health-care services in a modern acute care tower.

The Paul Myers Tower opened to patients on Sunday, March 9, 2025.

The move to the Paul Myers Tower is supported by a multi-disciplinary team of staff to ensure a smooth and seamless transition for patients. Families of patients being moved have already received detailed information and are welcome to visit this afternoon. Volunteers will be on site in the main entrance of Lions Gate Hospital as well as in Paul Myers Tower to help visitors locate their loved one’s new room.

The six-storey tower was designed to provide patient- and family-centred care. It has 108 beds in private patient rooms, all with ensuite washrooms. The tower features eight state-of-the-art operating rooms with pre-operative and post-operative care areas, including anesthesia intervention and isolation rooms along with a new medical device reprocessing department.

The Paul Myers Tower has several spaces to support patients, family and staff well-being, including lounges, a House of Elders office, a sacred space, additional bike storage and a rooftop garden with a walking path. Further, innovative technologies and an upgraded nurse call system improve patient experiences and enhance safety for patients and staff.

Vancouver Coastal Health worked in collaboration with Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh Nation) advisers on key aspects of the project to honour the host First Nations and help create safer, welcoming and culturally appropriate spaces for Indigenous patients and families. Paul Myers is a North Vancouver businessperson and philanthropist who pledged a lead gift toward the project’s cost.

Lions Gate Hospital provides a full range of acute-care services and many specialized services. With the addition of 108 beds and eight operating rooms in this tower, the Lions Gate Hospital now has 329 beds, 10 operating rooms, and a variety of diagnostic services and equipment. The hospital also offers emergency and critical care, maternity, pediatrics, psychiatric, chemotherapy, cardiac care, palliative care and rehabilitative services.

This hospital will continue to serve patients from the Sea-to-Sky corridor, Sunshine Coast, Bella Bella and Bella Coola on the Central Coast, including the Heiltsuk, Kitasoo-Xai’xais, Lil’wat, N’Quatqua, Nuxalk, Samahquam, shíshálh, Skatin, Squamish, Tla’amin, Tsleil-Waututh, Wuikinuxv, and Xa’xtsa communities.

Learn More:

For more information about the Paul Myers Tower at Lions Gate Hospital, including a detailed backgrounder, visit https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2025INF0006-000107

For more information about Lions Gate Hospital, visit: https://www.vch.ca/en/location/lions-gate-hospital

For more information about health capital projects in B.C., visit: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/health/accessing-health-care/capital-projects

For photos, visit: https://www.flickr.com/search/?user_id=45802067%40N03&view_all=1&text=Paul+Myers+Tower

For videos of the Paul Myers Tower, visit: https://f.io/jnENIZmy