September 30, 2000

Mr Phillip Hassan, CEO
Providence Group
C/O St Paul's Hospital

Dear Mr Hassan:

The False Creek Surgical Centre and the Cambie Surgery Centre would like to offer an immediate solution to the Surgical Waitlist Crisis facing St Paul's Hospital. Both our Centres are fully accredited private surgery centres located within a few blocks of the Vancouver Hospital (VH) and St Paul's Hospital.

We would like to offer our facility and skilled personnel to meet the surgical needs of your hospital and its patients. The increased flexibility and responsiveness to the needs of St Paul's patients will reduce direct costs of surgery and eliminate the toll individuals and physicians face from delayed surgeries and help to alleviate the nursing shortage. We believe this practical solution will result in direct cost savings and generate income for the hospital.

As a full service surgical facility, we can help accomodate the scheduling and needs of St Paul's Hospital. By providing expedited care to your hospital and its patients, this will result in better patient outcomes, increased satisfaction and lower direct costs.

We do understand the political sensitivities associated with contracted out surgical care. Both the Lion's Gate Hospital and the Workers' Compensation Board have clearly demonstrated these advantages. Their intial fear of possible political reprisal was unfounded and there has been strong public support for their initiatives.

We would like to invite you to tour our facility. We sincerely believe we can be part of the solution to the current crisis. Please contact us at (604) 739-9695.

Sincerely,

Dr Mark Godley
Medical Director
False Creek Surgical

Dr Nancy Van Laeken
Division of Plastic Surgery
False Creek Surgical Centre and St Paul's Hospital

cc. Dr Brian Warriner VP Medicine
cc. Dr Graham Bryce
cc. Dr David Manson