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BC daughters lose in court; Father’s life support to be turned off
The children of a BC senior on life support have lost a legal challenge to…
Another BC nurse caught looking at unauthorized medical records
A BC nurse has been suspended for 12 days for looking up the medical records…
Kelowna pharmacist sheds light on drug addiction in healthcare with podcast
Two health-care professionals are tackling tough issues around safe supply and substance use in the…
Vernon walk-in medical clinic set to close
A Vernon walk-in clinic has announced it will be closing permanently. The North Okanagan Medical…
Maternity clinic in Kamloops isn’t closing
A maternity clinic at Royal Inland Hospital will start taking new referrals after it was…
Three doctors hired in Peachland after four years without any
There were no doctors in Peachland at the start of the decade but now, suddenly,…
Ashcroft’s primary care centre closed on Saturday
The Urgent and Primary Care Centre in Ashcroft won’t be open tomorrow. Interior Health announced…
Posting photos of patients on social media gets BC nurse suspended
A BC nurse has been suspended for six months for posting photos and stories online…
Another BC nurse suspended for snooping on medical records
A BC nurse has been suspended for two weeks for snooping on the medical records…
BC nurse touched patient’s skin lesion, then colleague’s face
A BC nurse has been reprimanded for touching a patient's rash and then touching her…
B.C. intensive care nurse suspended for falling asleep
A B.C. nurse who failed to give patients their medication and fell asleep while working…
B.C. nurse who restrained elderly patient, then lied, gets suspended
A B.C. nurse who inappropriately used restraints on an elderly patient and then lied has…
B.C. nurse suspended for two weeks for poor communication
A B.C. nurse has been suspended for two weeks for showing "little professional accountability." According…
B.C. nurse suspended for two months for breaching regulator’s conditions
A B.C. nurse, who was previously facing criminal charges, has been suspended for two months…
Interior Health butting out tobacco sales to minors; 7 stores fined this month
Interior Health is catching businesses red-handed selling tobacco products to people under 19. Seven fines…
MLAs want answers on delayed plan for Kamloops cancer centre
Kamloops Liberal MLAs Todd Stone and Peter Milobar want more transparency from the provincial government on…
Kamloops physiotherapist investigated for derogatory comments
A Kamloops physiotherapist added insult to injury when he called his patient a "redneck hick…
Parents frustrated as Vernon daycare announces closure
Parents at a Vernon daycare are now scrambling to find childcare after the sudden announcement…
Merritt’s emergency department closed until tomorrow morning
Emergency health services are unavailable in Merritt today, yet again. The latest closure of the…
Merritt ER closed for 24 hours on short notice
Nicola Valley Hospital in Merritt doesn't have enough physicians to run its emergency department for…
Emergency room at Merritt’s hospital closing temporarily
Medical emergencies in Merritt and area are being directed to Kamloops again as the local…
Suspect charged in assault on health-care worker at Kamloops ER
A man is facing three criminal charges after a health-care worker was assaulted in Royal Inland…
B.C. nurse who failed to assess patient, then lied, gets suspended
A B.C. nurse who failed to assess a patient properly and then falsified the medical…
Kelowna ER nurse left Indigenous person ‘pulseless and unresponsive’
A Kelowna emergency room nurse who left a "pulseless and unresponsive" Indigenous person in the…