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Interior Health Crisis
Clearwater emergency room closure extended into September
The overnight closure of the emergency room in the Dr. Helmcken Memorial Hospital in Clearwater…
Emergency department closures continue in Clearwater, Oliver
A small southern Interior community's emergency department will be closed overnight for the next week…
Staffing shortage forces overnight closure at Oliver emergency room
South Okanagan residents will have to head to Penticton for emergencies as the Oliver emergency…
Emergency room closed in Clearwater until next week
Clearwater residents have no local emergency room service overnight for the next week. Interior Health…
Clearwater ER closed for five nights in a row due to staff shortage
The emergency department in Clearwater will be closed for five nights in a row this…
Medical clinic in Peachland set to reopen in the fall
A small Okanagan town with a population of around 5,000 without a medical clinic for…
No ambulance or ER available for Ashcroft senior who had heart attack and died
An Ashcroft resident living at a seniors care home within a block of both the…
Interior Health calling in travel nurses to staff Kamloops hospital
The new Gaglardi Tower is open at Royal Inland Hospital after years of construction, but…
100 hand painted rocks spread joy at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops
More than 100 keepsake rocks were recently hand painted and gifted to healthcare workers at…
Clearwater ER will be closed yet again this weekend
The emergency department at Clearwater's hospital is closing again this weekend due to staffing issues.…
Access to healthcare in Kamloops a barrier to potential new residents
Kamloops residents are perhaps not the only ones concerned about the state of healthcare in…
Severe shortage at Kamloops hospital putting staff mental health at risk: Nurse
An emergency nurse at Royal Inland Hospital says they are suffering from anxiety, depression and…
IHA blames Kamloops understaffing on COVID, but nurses, MLAs say roots go deeper
If you ask Interior Health why Royal Inland Hospital has been understaffed, they officially blame…
Kamloops ER had less than 50% staffing on long weekend: B.C. Liberals
Despite putting out an urgent call last week for Interior Health staff to work shifts…
RIH patients may be transferred in urgent response to weekend staffing shortages
While an urgent call for workers from throughout Interior Health has brought some “encouraging response,”…
Interior Health calling out-of-town healthcare staff to help at Kamloops hospital
A nurse in Kamloops received a surprising email from the vice-president of clinical operations for…
‘Critically understaffed’: Primary care centres not much help to those without family doctors in Okanagan, Kamloops
Kelowna’s Urgent and Primary Care Centre is fully staffed but the clinic in Kamloops is…
X-ray techs at Kamloops hospital ‘don’t have time’ to fill out error reports
Earlier this week an imaging technologist at Royal Inland Hospital said the wrong patients are…
Kamloops woman among almost a million people in B.C. without a family doctor
A Kamloops woman who found herself without a family doctor after hers left the practice…
Imaging department at Kamloops hospital also understaffed
An X-ray technologist at Royal Inland Hospital said the medical imaging department is falling apart…
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…
Kamloops hospital’s pediatrics, obstetrics unit temporarily closes due to staff calling in sick
After a number of sick calls yesterday, Royal Inland Hospital’s pediatrics and obstetrics unit was…
Too much paperwork, extra tasks straining nurses at Kelowna hospital: retired nurse
A retired Licensed Practical Nurse blames management for nurse burnout and job dissatisfaction at Kelowna…
Dangerous staffing crisis at Kamloops hospital years in the making
An emergency nurse at Royal Inland Hospital says the current severe staffing shortage has been…