The NICU provides neonatal intensive care for the premature and seriously ill newborns delivered at Lions Gate Hospital, as well as infants transferred from other nurseries for ongoing developmentally appropriate care.

How to access

  • Get a referral

    A referral is required.

Hours of operation

Visiting Hours: 24/7, except between 6 a.m to 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Parking & transportation

Lions Gate Hospital is located on 231 East 15th Street in North Vancouver.

​Paid visitor parking is available in the hospital parkade on 15th Street, east of St. Georges Avenue.

For detailed information regarding parking, public transit and wheelchair accessibility, please review the LGH Patient & Family Handbook.

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The NICU provides neonatal intensive care for the premature and seriously ill newborns delivered at Lions Gate Hospital, as well as infants transferred from other nurseries for ongoing developmentally appropriate care. 

We serve infants less than 30 weeks born at other institutions and infants more than 30 weeks born at Lions Gate Hospital, as well as ill newborn term infants requiring specialised care.

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.

Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICU)

Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICU) provide intensive care for the premature and seriously ill newborns.