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No more ‘foot dragging’: Another push for cardiac care in Kamloops
The lack of cardiac care capabilities at Royal Inland Hospital is costing lives and urgent…
Province covers $40M overrun on Kamloops hospital renovations
The provincial government is covering a massive overrun in construction costs at Royal Inland Hospital…
Two contractors selected to bid on future Kamloops cancer centre
After years of challenges and incremental progress, the provincial government is moving along in the…
‘Outrageous and unacceptable’: Petition demands life-saving cardiac care in Kamloops
The lack of an acute Cardiac Care Diagnostic Lab at Royal Inland Hospital is costing…
Hospital board lays into Interior Health over cost overruns at Royal Inland Hospital
Directors at the Thompson Regional Hospital District were not pleased with a surprise cost overrun…
Kamloops steps up to help Australian couple after son’s life-changing accident
A tragic accident has landed an Australian couple in Kamloops for an unknown period of…
Prenatal clinic opens at Kamloops hospital
The Interior Health Authority just opened a midwifery clinic at Royal Inland Hospital. Patients without…
Suspect charged in assault on health-care worker at Kamloops ER
A man is facing three criminal charges after a health-care worker was assaulted in Royal Inland…
Staffing shortage twice as bad at Kamloops hospital versus Kelowna
New data from the Interior Health Authority shows just how serious the staff shortages are…
Former Kamloops eye surgeon suing Interior Health after surgeries moved to Kelowna
A Kelowna ophthalmologist is suing Interior Health after it transferred its eye surgery from Kamloops…
PARKING PREDICAMENT: Hospital staff in Kelowna, Kamloops not using shuttle service
Even though it can take staff five to six years to get a parking pass…
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…
Kamloops psych ward facing dangerous staffing shortages: nurse
Staffing for the acute psychiatric ward in Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops is reaching critically…
How Interior Health is planning to tackle RIH understaffing issues
An Interior Health vice-president has relocated to Kamloops and its president and CEO, Susan Brown,…
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…
Teck donates $2.5 million to RIH emergency department
The new emergency department at Royal Inland Hospital is getting a $2.5 million boost from…
LPNs not welcome in new Kamloops hospital psych ward
Royal Inland Hospital is not planning to bring licensed practical nurses to its new psychiatric…
Patient says more transparency needed after Kamloops hospital department closures
A woman who lives in a rural community near Kamloops has been left feeling frustrated…
Interior Health hospitals overloaded, continue to lead B.C. in postponed surgeries
Out of 114 non-emergency, non-urgent surgeries that were cancelled in B.C. last week (Dec. 5-11),…
Amputations performed at Kamloops Hospital despite desperate staffing conditions: Health Minister
At least two patients at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops believe they had more of…
New technology slowing nurses down at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops
While short-staffing and a pandemic is enough to drag down the quality of healthcare at…
Third patient waited too long for an amputation at Royal Inland Hospital
A third patient is waiting through repeated cancellations for a leg amputation at Royal Inland…
COVID-19 outbreaks close six operating rooms in Kamloops
Outbreaks of COVID-19 in Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops has forced the closure of six…
Visitors limited at Royal Inland Hospital amid COVID-19 outbreaks
Interior Health is restricting visitors at Royal Inland Hospital as it tries to grapple with…