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Interior Health Authority 2021
Penticton’s new primary care centre slated for March 31 opening
Penticton's new urgent primary care centre will open by the end fo the month. Health…
Second COVID-19 outbreak at a Kelowna General Hospital unit
Another COVID-19 outbreak was declared today, March 6, at Kelowna General Hospital. As of Saturday…
Interior Health, City of Kelowna appear headed for a parking showdown
Interior Health has backed away from plans for a staff parkade next to Kelowna General…
Outbreak declared over at Vernon retirement residence
The COVID-19 outbreak at Carrington Place Retirement Residence in Vernon was declared over today, Feb.…
No new COVID-19 cases at Kamloops hospital but surgeries still impacted
The COVID-19 outbreak at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops has stabilized at 105 cases, the…
Surgeries resume at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops as COVID-19 case count hits 105
Inpatient surgeries are starting slowly to ramp up to normal at Royal Inland Hospital in…
Interior Health defends COVID-19 practices against nurses union criticism
Interior Health has issued a lengthy rebuttal to criticism from the B.C. Nurses Union, defending…
B.C. nurses union says Interior Health failing Kamloops hospital workers during pandemic
The B.C. Nurses Union has some scathing criticism of Interior Health's handling of frontline workers…
Surgeries postponed due to COVID-19 outbreak at Kamloops’s Royal Inland Hospital
Some elective surgeries have been postponed at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops as 92 people…
COVID-19 outbreak over at West Kelowna long-term care home
A COVID-19 outbreak in a West Kelowna long-term care home has ended. The COVID-19 outbreak…
New nurses face up to nine-year wait to get parking spots at Interior hospitals
One Kelowna nurse regularly arrives an hour early for her 12-hour shift to begin her…
40 new COVID-19 cases; 1 death confirmed in Royal Inland Hospital outbreak
Interior Health has confirmed an additional 40 cases of COVID-19 and one death associated with…
COVID-19 vaccine roll out at care homes in Interior Health aimed at curbing deadly outbreaks
All residents and staff at long-term care homes in the Interior Health region will be…
COVID-19 deaths within Interior Health increase by 4 overnight
The COVID-19 death toll within Interior Health is now at 44. Interior Health is reporting…
COVID-19 spreading among staff at Big White, not skiers
Even though 162 people have now been included in what’s called Big White Ski Resort’s…
Interior Health, RCMP planning new approach to help police deal with mental health crises
Months after a Kelowna woman was dragged down a hallway by an RCMP officer doing…