Thunderbird Stadium: Hospice Care

Facility Residents Dept: Order of St. John spokesman Peter Hebb said the chosen site is “is the best place for the Faculty of Medicine’s research and educational activities while providing a badly-needed hospice for the community at large.”, according to Globe And Mail. In response to those objections, UBC put planning on hold to allow more time for consultation, which included studies on issues such as traffic impacts, property values and noise from nearby Thunderbird Stadium. UBC says it also worked with Vancouver-based immigrant services agency Success to address residents’ concerns relating to cultural values and the $10-million, 15-bed facility, is a joint venture of UBC’s Faculty of Medicine and the Order of St. John and would be operated by Vancouver Coastal Health. It would provide hospice care and also serve as a research and teaching facility. Residents of a neighbouring tower went public with their objections in January, saying they didn’t learn about the hospice until UBC announced an open house that month to discuss the project. The group, consisting mostly of recent immigrants from China and Korea, said their cultural beliefs, including elements of yin and yang and Feng Shui, make it unlucky and unhealthy to live next to a hospice. As reported in the news.
@t vancouver coastal health, globe and mail