Interior Health Crisis
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…
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…
Imaging department at Kamloops hospital also understaffed
An X-ray technologist at Royal Inland Hospital said the medical imaging department is falling apart…
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…
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…
‘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…
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…
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,”…
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…
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…
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…