Interior Health 2022

Kamloops mother, baby sent to Kelowna after closure of pediatric ward at Royal Inland Hospital
A Kamloops mother and her three-week-old baby were transported to Kelowna General Hospital from Royal…

Sexual assault trial scheduled in Alberta for Interior Health’s former top doc
Interior Health's former chief medical health officer is going to trial in Alberta next year…

Hundreds suffering from long-COVID in Interior Health may get clinic closer to home
With hundreds of residents in the Interior Health region suffering lingering COVID symptoms months after…

No long COVID clinics in Interior Health despite hundreds of possible cases
Even though hundreds, if not thousands, of Interior Health residents suffer long-term effects from COVID-19,…

COVID outbreaks reported in Kamloops, North Okanagan care homes
Three Thompson-Okanagan care facilities are currently dealing with COVID-19 outbreaks. Today, April 2, the Interior…

COVID hospitalizations down slightly but case counts climb in B.C.
There are 273 people in hospital in B.C. with a COVID-19 diagnosis today, March 29,…

Interior Health to expand mental health, addiction services in Kamloops
Seventeen more mental health workers are expected to staff an expanded Interior Health facility in…

New COVID cases counts decline in B.C. while hospitalizations are up
There were 218 new COVID-19 cases reported in B.C. in the past 24 hours, down…

Largest jump in number of new Interior Health COVID cases in two weeks
In the last 24 hours there were 96 new COVID-19 cases reported in the Interior…

COVID case count going up in B.C. while hospitalizations decline
While the number of B.C. residents with a COVID diagnosis who are hospitalized continues to…

‘Baby bump’: Interior Health’s birthrate jumped by 9% in 2021
Stopping short of “baby boom,” Interior Health is calling last year’s birthrate increase a “baby…

COVID holds its steady grip on B.C.; 290 in hospital
There has been only a slight improvement in COVID statistics in B.C. over the past…

298 B.C. residents still in hospital with COVID
While rules around mask wearing have been eased so B.C. residents can get back to…

LPNs not welcome in new Kamloops hospital psych ward
Royal Inland Hospital is not planning to bring licensed practical nurses to its new psychiatric…

Hospitalizations from COVID in B.C. continue steady decline
Hospitalizations due to COVID-19 continue to steadily decline in B.C. The number of people in hospital…