Medical mask policy in effect during respiratory illness season

Masks are currently required in all patient care areas of hospitals, long-term care facilities and community health-care sites and clinics. Please do not enter these facilities if you have cold or flu-like symptoms, such as runny nose, sore throat, fever, cough, shortness of breath/trouble breathing, diarrhea or vomiting. Do not enter these facilities if you feel unwell, no matter how mild the symptoms. 

Visitors to long-term care and seniors’ assisting living facilities need to wear a medical mask in common areas and when participating in indoor events in common areas. 

Thank you for helping keep patients and staff healthy this season.

Bone density tests evaluate the risk of developing osteoporosis or bone fractures, or to see if a treatment plan is stabilizing bone density.

How to access

  • Get a referral

    A referral is required with the Bone Densitometry Requisition Form

  • Languages

    ​English. With advanced notice, Vancouver Coastal Health provides interpreter services for non-English speaking patients for all medical imaging modalities.

Hours of operation

Currently closed
  • Monday:   Closed
  • Tuesday:   7:45 am to 3:15 pm
  • Wednesday:   7:45 am to 3:15 pm
  • Thursday:   7:45 am to 3:15 pm
  • Friday:   7:45 am to 3:15 pm
  • Saturday:   Closed
  • Sunday:   Closed

How to get here

This service is located in the basement within the Nuclear Medicine Department.

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.

Bone Densitometry (Bone Density Testing)

Bone density tests evaluate the risk of developing osteoporosis or bone fractures, or to see if a treatment plan is stabilizing bone density.