The Coqualeetza Indian Hospital was a tuberculosis sanatorium, and later general hospital, for Indigenous peoples in British Columbia. Located in Sardis, BC, on the territory of the Stó:lō peoples, the hospital was converted from the Coqualeetza Institute residential school and officially opened on September 2, 1941. It was initially operated by the Department of Mines and Resources' Indian Affairs branch, but was taken over in 1946 by the newly created Department of National Health and Welfare. On November 19, 1948 a fire broke out at the hospital, which newspapers claim destroyed nearly two-thirds of the building's structure. The following year, numerous Members of Parliament in BC's interior lobbied to have the institution moved to their respective home towns. However, the hospital rema