UBC Hospital

The UBC Hospital Urgent Care Centre offers specialized treatment for non-life-threatening emergencies by emergency trained physicians and nurses. It is capable of treating allergies, asthma, broken bones, cuts that need stitches, eye problems, fevers, flus, IV therapy, minor burns, nosebleeds, skin infections and sprains and other conditions. The UBC Hospital Urgent Care Centre also offers a range of diagnostic services and testing including X-rays, blood tests, Ultrasound, CT scans and ECGs. The centre handles approximately 18,650 visits every year.^{[citation needed]}

Also located at UBC Hospital is the Brain Research Centre, a partnership of the UBC Faculty of Medicine and Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute. The Brain Research Centre employs more than 200 investigators with multidisciplinary expertise in neuroscience research ranging from the test tube, to the bedside, to industrial spin-offs.^{[citation needed]}

The National Core for Neuroethics National Core for Neuroethics, a research-based facility, is also based at UBC Hospital.

Opened in 2013, the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health was built adjacent to UBC Hospital. The 135,000-square-foot (12,500 m²) building, bring researchers and clinicians together from the areas of neurology, neuroscience, and psychiatry, and is dedicated solely to brain health. The VHC and UBC take a multi-disciplinary, collaborative approach to tackling brain diseases and disorders.^{[citation needed]}