Emergency

Maternity Services at Lions Gate Hospital

Lions Gate Hospital provides perinatal care and support for pregnant people and their families before, during, and after childbirth.

How to access

  • Check eligibility

    ​We serve all pregnant women on the North Shore and the Sea to Sky corridor. This service is also available for patients from Sechelt if necessary.

  • Fill out the pre-admission forms

    Please fill out the following forms when you are 32 weeks pregnant, before admission, and email them to pa-coastal@vch.ca. If you would like to drop them off in person, you can drop them into the black box on the wall near the registration desk in the main rotunda of Lions Gate Hospital.

  • What to bring to the hospital

    • Provincial health card/driver’s license
    • Healthy snacks & juices
    • Slip-on shoes, slippers etc.
    • Pillow, music player (if desired)
    • Toiletries, hairbrush, lip balm
    • Phone/camera, charger 
    • Suitable nightwear for you & partner (or wear a hospital gown), change of clothes
    • Baby outfit, hat, car seat and two small baby receiving blankets 

  • Check-in

    Main admitting in the hospital lobby is open from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. Please check in here. If you arrive outside those hours, go straight to labour and delivery. After 8 p.m., the main doors will be locked. Please check in at the admitting desk in the Emergency Department entrance off St. Georges Street. 

Hours of operation

Currently open

We operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week

The main entrance at 231 East 15th street is open between the hours of 5 a.m. to 8 p.m. After 8 p.m., enter via the Emergency department off St. Georges Street. Currently, due to COVID-19, the entrance off 13th Street is closed.

How to get here

Come through the main entrance, check in with admitting and then walk along the main corridor, past the gift shop to the elevators. Turn left from the elevator (towards the wall with the stars). When at the star wall, turn right through the door and down the corridor to the labour & delivery unit desk.

Labour and birthing rooms

All labour rooms are private and very similar. There is a cupboard for your belongings, the chair opens out as a bed for partners to use (there is a similar one in your post-partum room) you can dim the lights, play music, and open the windows. Take an impression of this room now and imagine yourself using this space when you are in labour. The bed is completely adjustable, it adjusts to a perfect height to lean on when sitting on a ball or it rises up to waist height to rest on while standing and swaying. The bed also converts into a chair shape. 

Maternity Tour: Lions Gate Hospital

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Lions Gate Hospital (LGH)

​Lions Gate Hospital (LGH) provides a full range of general and many specialized acute care services, including general medicine, emergency and critical care, general surgery, orthopedics, maternity, pediatrics, psychiatry, chemotherapy, cardiac care, diagnostics, nuclear medicine, palliative care, rehabilitative services and neurosurgery.

Maternity Services

Maternity services provide perinatal care and support for pregnant people and their families before, during, and after childbirth.