DID YOU KNOW
• Of the 184 hospital based pediatricians in BC, only 13 practice at Surrey Memorial Hospital.
• On a per capita basis our facilities have declined over the last 20 years. In 2001, we had 24 funded pediatric inpatient hospital beds. In 2022, we have 16.
• Our Family Birthing Unit opened in 2001 with 38 funded beds and in 2021 we have 42. Surrey Memorial Hospital is the region’s high risk birthing centre.
• We opened a 48 bed NICU in 2014. In 2021 only 28 of the beds are funded and open.
• Of the 443 pediatric beds in BC, Surrey only has 16.
• In 2013, Surrey Memorial Hospital opened a new pediatric emergency department. It was built for 20,000 patients. By 2019, it was seeing 44,000 children a year. The instant response to the new facility demonstrates that families prefer to receive care closer to home. It is easier on the young patients, siblings and parents.
• Surrey Memorial Hospital is the regional centre for acute children and youth mental health services.
