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Interior Health Authority
User survey reveals drugs of choice in Thompson-Okanagan
INTERIOR HEALTH LEADS THE WAY IN DISTRIBUTION OF NALOXONE KITS THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – A recent survey…
Interior Health suing injured US motorcyclist for $700,000 unpaid medical bill
The Interior Health Authority is suing a U.S. citizen for $720,000 in unpaid health-care bills…
‘Simply appalling:’ Hospital appeal board slams Interior Health’s treatment of Kelowna eye surgeon
In a scathing critique of Interior Health, the BC Hospital Appeal Board has ordered the…
Kamloops care home resident sued by Interior Health over $120K unpaid bill
Interior Health is suing a senior care home resident over an unpaid $120,000 bill. According…
New technology slowing nurses down at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops
While short-staffing and a pandemic is enough to drag down the quality of healthcare at…
Some Kamloops parents pull kids from school due to lack of COVID information
Some parents are choosing to keep their children home from school as the number of…
Ten new COVID-19 deaths reported in Interior Health region
COVID-19 deaths in the Interior Health region continued to climb since Christmas Eve. Ten new…
More than 2,200 new COVID-19 cases in B.C. over past five days
There have been 2,206 new cases of COVID-19 in B.C. over the past five days,…
Kamloops McDonald’s employee tests positive for COVID-19
A Kamloops McDonald's employee has tested positive for COVID-19. An employee from the restaurant location…
Interior Health declares COVID-19 outbreak at Patient Care Tower construction site in Kamloops
Interior Health has declared an outbreak of COVID-19 at the construction site at the Royal…
Workers at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops test positive for COVID-19
A group of workers at Royal Inland Hospital have tested positive for COVID-19. Interior Health…
Interior Health urging you to get a flu shot this year
Flu season has almost arrived and given this year’s pandemic, health officials are saying it’s…
Interior Health issues drug check alert for Kamloops
A drug checking alert has been issued for Kamloops by Interior Health today, Sept. 25.…
Hundreds of long term care beds headed to the Okanagan and Kamloops next year
The province is planning to provide 420 new long term care beds in the Okanagan…
Speaking up for long term care residents almost cost this woman her home
Dianna Green has spent the last 14 years living in the Joseph Creek Care Village…
More than a third of backlogged elective surgeries completed in Interior Health, up to two-year wait for others
For those who had elective surgeries postponed due to COVID-19, they may have to wait…
B.C. dentists, physiotherapists will have to figure out social distancing to resume practice: IH
When pandemic restrictions are lifted, health care providers like dentists and physiotherapists will have to…
Why sleeping rough may have some benefits in this age of COVID-19
An estimated 150 people are sleeping in tents or doorways in Kelowna this spring but…
Doulas welcomed back into hospitals following Interior Health policy change
Interior Health changed its COVID-19 hospital visitor policy earlier this month in order to allow…
Interior Health clarifies: Should pet groomers still be open?
B.C.’s Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry has made it very clear that hair, nail…
Owners of three B.C. Interior seniors homes being sued as part of class action lawsuit
Retirement Concepts, the owner of three seniors care facilities in the B.C. Interior, is the…
New drug checking technology available in Penticton
Interior Health has a new resource available today in Penticton to help people check the…
New urgent heath care centre opens in Kelowna
The Interior’s third Urgent and Primary Care Centre opened in the Capri Centre Mall in…
Lead in your water? Why you’ll have to test it yourself to be sure
If a recent investigation that found unacceptable amounts of lead in drinking water and a…