Medical Health Officers are responsible for the health and wellbeing of residents and communities living in the Interior Health Authority region. Responsibilities include disease and injury surveilance, communicable disease prevention, environmental public health, and care facility licensing. Specialty areas include Aboriginal health, mental health, substance use, harm reduction, primary & community care transformation, health promotion, and maternal child & youth health.
For more information on the role of Medical Health Officers, please visit the Office of the Provincial Health Officer website.
Who We Are
The Office of the Medical Health Officer includes:
Office of the Medical Health Officer
Community Health & Services Centre
505 Doyle Avenue
Kelowna, BC V1Y OC5
Phone: 250-868-7729
Contact Us
If you are a member of the public and are concerned about a suspected communicable disease or other public health issue, please contact your local health centre.
If you are a clinical provider or other health care provider and need assistance managing a case or need to report a reportable communicable disease, please phone 1-866-778-7736![]( "Call: 1-866-778-7736")
(available Monday to Friday, excluding statutory holidays, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm PST). Outside of these hours, and for all other questions, please phone the MHO on-call 1-866-457-5648.