Don Lindsay, President and CEO, Teck –
Teck and our employees are proud to support the talented team at St. Paul’s Hospital in delivering an exceptional level of healthcare to British Columbians in a new state-of-the-art facility. We commend the team at St. Paul’s for recognizing this opportunity to make the emergency department even safer by incorporating antimicrobial copper into the emergency department of the new hospital.Dick Vollet, President and CEO, St. Paul’s Foundation –
Teck’s deep-rooted support of St. Paul’s Hospital has enabled our frontline medical team to provide expert patient care, research and medical advancements that impact people throughout British Columbia. With this gift, Teck is ensuring the clinical, teaching and research expertise will continue to be recognized as among the best in Canada.
Fiona Dalton, President and CEO, Providence Health Care –
The last year of the pandemic has shown us that we are all in this together, that none of us is safe unless all of us are safe. St. Paul’s Emergency Department looks after some of the most marginalized people in the province, and the designs for the new St. Paul’s Hospital will afford space for privacy, and dignified person-centred care. The support of Teck and other generous organizations enables us to truly make this dream a reality.
Dr. Dan Kalla, Department Head, St. Paul’s Teck Emergency Centre –
Right now we have 60 care spaces that are jerry rigged as the hospital has evolved over 100 years, and we make do as best we can. The new Teck Emergency Department will be more than double the size of the existing space. The innovatively and brilliantly designed new space will offer much better infection control, much more opportunity to offer the same compassionate, world-class care to the patients we serve.
Dr. Victor Leung, Infection Prevention and Control, Providence Health Care –
We have a great opportunity with our new infrastructure to better understand how copper surfacing, with its antimicrobial properties, can prevent hospital-acquired infections. Further, antimicrobial resistance is an urgent global threat. As a non-pharmacologic intervention, the more applications we can find for copper surfacing, the better off we will be combatting both anti-microbial resistance and hospital acquired infections.
About Teck:
Teck is a diversified resource company committed to responsible mining and mineral development with major business units focused on copper, zinc and steelmaking coal, as well as investments in energy assets. Headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, its shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbols TECK.A and TECK.B and the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol TECK. Learn more about Teck at www.teck.com or follow @TeckResources.
About St. Paul’s Foundation:
St. Paul’s Foundation raises funds to support compassionate, inspired care at Providence Health Care’s 17 health care sites in BC, including St. Paul’s Hospital. The funds we raise help put patients and residents first, through a collaborative, integrated approach that includes the best in clinical care, world-class research and education. Through fundraising and strategic partnerships, the Foundation supports Providence – a founding member of Canada’s Digital Technology Supercluster – in building on its long history of innovation, leading research and advancements in care for the people of British Columbia and beyond. To learn more, visit www.helpstpauls.com.
Media Contacts:
Chris Stannell
Public Relations Manager, Teck
604.699.4368
chris.stannell@teck.com
Sarah Burgess
Director, Marketing + Communications
St. Paul’s Foundation
604-653-6933
sburgess@providencehealth.bc.ca
Teck Investor Contact:
Fraser Phillips
Senior Vice President, Investor Relations and Strategic Analysis
604.699.4621
fraser.phillips@teck.com
