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Laundry worker seriously injured at Kelowna General Hospital

KELOWNA - WorkSafe BC is investigating a serious workplace accident where a laundry worker was caught up in machinery at Kelowna General Hospital. In an emailed statement, Alan Davies, director of support services for the Interior Health Authority, confirmed the accident happened last Friday, Aug. 21. "Our thoughts are with our employee and their family...

Kelowna cyclist dies after collision with car door

KELOWNA - A local cyclist has succumbed to injuries she suffered when someone opened a car door in front of her bike. Patricia Keenan, 38, was cycling behind a friend on Bernard Avenue Tuesday evening, July 14, just past Ethel Street when the incident happened. Police say Keenan was wearing a helmet but the force...

Shiny new Interior Heart and Surgical Centre almost ready to save lives

KELOWNA - The Interior Heart and Surgical Centre at Kelowna General Hospital is a technical marvel that you hope never to have to visit but are sure glad is there when you need it. “This facility is the icing on the cake that is KGH,” says Kelowna-Lake Country MLA Norm Letnick, who was on hand...

Self-inflicted gun shot wound could result in criminal charges

KELOWNA – A man may face charges after he shot himself in the leg. Saturday evening, June 6, RCMP responded to a report of a self-inflicted gun shot wound in the 500-block of Clement Ave. A 20-year-old male shot himself in the leg while handling a gun, according to a RCMP media release. The man's...

Enderby woman’s story highlights WorkSafe B.C. initiative

ENDERBY - It was supposed to be just a regular day out mending a fence on the family farm, but in a fraction of a moment a 21-year-old Enderby woman became entangled in machinery and her life was in the hands of a medical team at Kelowna General Hospital. In a media release this week,...

City councillor Hodge could be out of hospital this weekend

KELOWNA – City councillor Charlie Hodge is on the mend and could be released from hospital soon, says his wife Teresa Hodge, although it’s not clear when he will return to work. "Charlie is slowly feeling better and we hope he can come home very soon,” she says. "Doctor will decide when he is ready...

Kelowna councillor in hospital with lung infection

KELOWNA - Kelowna city councillor Charlie Hodge has been admitted to Kelowna General Hospital suffering from pneumonia. The two-term councillor’s confirmed his condition on his Facebook page, saying the infection was confined to his lower left lung and that a CT scan had shown there were no blood clots. Hodge is also known to suffer...

‘Sno-show’ employees plague hospital during storm

KELOWNA — While many local businesses and institutions shut down in the face of Sunday’s extreme weather, the hospital had no such luxury. But even as chaos reigned on the city’s roads, hospital managers say the epic snowstorm that plastered the Okanagan had little impact on Kelowna General Hospital because they found needed replacements. “While...

Second round of Ebola tests negative

KELOWNA - A second set of Ebola tests being conducting on an Interior Health nurse practitioner have returned negative, but a third and final test will still need to be done before she is given the all clear. Patrice Gordon returned from helping to treat Ebola patients in Sierra Leone on Christmas Day and it...

UPDATE: Ebola tests on patient in Kelowna ‘negative’

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - Interior Health has confirmed a patient is in isolation at Kelowna General Hospital while being tested for the Ebola virus. Patrice Gordon, a nurse practitioner with Interior Health, was in Sierra Leone earlier this month to help treat Ebola patients. She returned this week and soon after began showing signs consistent with the...

Two hospital workers injured in chemical spill

KELOWNA – A chemical spill at Kelowna General Hospital Monday morning has landed two hospital workers in the emergency room. The fire department’s HAZMAT team is cleaning up a spill of chlorine and muriatic acid which when mixed together produces mustard gas, according to Global Okanagan. The call came in about 9 a.m. The workers...

Natural gas line rupture outside Kelowna General

KELOWNA – A Fortis B.C. crew is working repair a natural gas line break at Pandosy Street and Royal Avenue right in front of Emergency Room at Kelowna General Hospital. The gas line was snapped by the operator of a backhoe at about 11:13 a.m. on Monday. That's where a construction crew is working on...

Man found face down in Wood Lake

OYAMA - Lake Country Fire was called to help a man found floating in Wood Lake in Oyama last night. The man was spotted floating face down not far from shore just after 7 p.m. though it's believed he wasn't in the water for long, according to Global News. He was found lifeless but efforts...