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Interior Health 2022
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…
Toxic drug crisis in B.C. claims 37 lives in Interior Health: coroner
Eleven people in Kamloops died as a result of a poisoned illicit drug supply in…
Number of B.C. patients in hospital with COVID slowly declines
The number of people hospitalized in B.C. with COVID-19 saw another slight drop in the…
COVID hospitalizations in B.C. continue downward trend
The number of people in B.C. hospitals with COVID-19 dropped slightly over the past 24…
COVID hospitalizations decline over weekend in B.C.
There were almost 1,000 new COVID cases recorded in B.C. over the weekend but the…
Hundreds still in B.C. hospitals with COVID as numbers slowly fall
While progress is slow, the number of people sick enough with COVID to be in…
COVID vaccine clinics moving to smaller venues in Interior Health
Interior Health is shifting away from large, mass vaccination clinics to offering COVID vaccines in…
COVID easing in B.C. but not in Interior Health
As the number and severity of COVID cases continues to decrease in B.C., the Interior…
Omicron infections slow to decline in Interior Health due to low vaccination rate
The Omicron variant of COVID-19 is taking longer to let go of its hold on…
Kamloops permanent supervised drug consumption site in early stages
Interior Health is planning a permanent supervised drug consumption site in Kamloops. The health authority…
Non-urgent surgeries and other cancelled health services set to resume in Interior Health
Starting Feb. 23, Interior Health will start rescheduling non-urgent surgeries that have been postponed since…
Time has come to move beyond Housing First model for homeless people in Interior Health
While the province’s drive in the last few years to build supportive housing to help…
Interior Health taking notorious West Kelowna gym to court
Iron Energy Gym continues to defy public health orders despite closure orders and fines, so…
Tainted drugs of all colours circulating in Kamloops, Okanagan
Interior Health is urging users to get their drugs tested as a tainted supply circulates…
Almost 900 Interior Health employees terminated due to vaccine mandate
Health-care staff shortages have put pressure on Interior Health to cut services in rural communities…
Elderly man’s family frustrated with Kelowna care home
The wife of a senior in a Kelowna long-term care home who went without heat…
COVID hospitalizations remain high in B.C.
The number of people in hospital with a positive COVID test result grew to 987…
Indigenous artist selected to lead design of ‘cultural wall’ at Kamloops’s Royal Inland Hospital
Secwepemc and Nlaka'pamux artist Chris Bose will lead the design of a new "cultural wall"…
Number of COVID outbreaks in Interior Health care homes grows to 18
There are now 18 care facilities and one hospital in the Interior Health region with…