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How Royal Inland Hospital is weathering nursing shortages
Vacancy rates for nurses and care aids doesn’t tell the real story about staffing shortages…
Nursing shortages getting worse in Kamloops, Okanagan hospitals
While staff shortages in Kamloops and Kelowna hospitals got lots of headlines last summer and…
Thousands of upcoming shifts unclaimed at Kamloops hospital
Over the next two weeks there are still thousands of shifts that are posted but…
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,”…
Kamloops philanthropist helps Royal Inland Hospital buy essential lab equipment
A generous donation made by a Kamloops philanthropist has allowed the Royal Inland hospital to…
Temporary changes to RIH patient drop-off area
Royal Inland Hospital is making some temporary changes for how to access the patient drop-off…
Kamloops family to donate $500,000 to support RIH Foundation
A Kamloops family has announced they will be donating $500,000 to help support the patient…
$750,000 donation to new trauma centre at Royal Inland Hospital
Royal Inland Hospital will be receiving a $750,00 donation from the Stollery Charitable Foundation over…
$1.5 million donation for mental health, substance use at Royal Inland Hospital
KAMLOOPS – A local property management group has committed $1.5 million to Royal Inland Hospital’s…
Contagious norovirus continues to spread at Royal Inland Hospital
KAMLOOPS — A contagious stomach virus circulating at Royal Inland Hospital has affected four units,…
Interior Health warning public of gastrointestinal outbreak at Royal Inland Hospital
KAMLOOPS – Interior Health Authority is warning the public of a gastrointestinal illness outbreak at…
Police dogs deployed in Royal Inland Hospital lockdown
KAMLOOPS – A report of a man with a weapon caused the lockdown of Royal…
New tax increase coming to Kamloops and region for new hospital tower
KAMLOOPS – A tax increase is being supported by the region's hospital board to help…
Kamloops hospital still over capacity, but more space means new efficiencies
KAMLOOPS – The summer lull never came to Royal Inland Hospital. Typically the hospital sees…
Million dollar donation to Kamloops hospital directed to breast cancer diagnosis
KAMLOOPS – A local businessperson has made a million dollar donation to Royal Inland Hospital…
‘Seven-figure’ donation to Kamloops hospital expected tomorrow to benefit breast health
KAMLOOPS – Royal Inland Hospital is about to receive one of its biggest donations ever.…
Thieves target cars at Royal Inland Hospital
KAMLOOPS – Thieves attempted to break into a number of vehicles at the hospital parkade…
Royal Inland Hospital eyes next phase of development
KAMLOOPS - With construction still in the works on the clinical services building the hospital is already looking towards the next phase of development, a patient care tower. It will still be about one year before the nearly $80-million clinical services building opens at Royal Inland Hospital but planning will soon be underway for the...
Lack of staffing postpones 55 surgeries at RIH
KAMLOOPS - A total off 55 surgeries have been postponed at Royal Inland Hospital this month as the hospital deals with a shortage in anesthesiologists. Chief of Staff Norm Kienitz says this is actually a small number of surgeries and while it looks like the next couple of months will be okay, recruitment is something...
Construction begins on Clinical Services Building
KAMLOOPS - Delegates were on hand at Royal Inland Hospital Friday to mark the beginning of actual construction of the new Clinical Services Building. "Today marks one more step in providing high quality acute care to residents of the Kamloops region and is evidence of our commitment to the full redevelopment of Royal Inland Hospital,"...