Keremeos and area residents are advised of a temporary change to the emergency department hours at the South Similkameen Health Centre due to limited physician availability.
The first steps of a review of the health authorities have been completed, which included reducing administrative costs, and work is underway to improve efficiencies and redirect savings to frontline services.
For liver transplant recipient Tony Maidment, going department by department at Royal Inland Hospital (RIH) to drop off holiday goodies for the staff who helped him is cathartic.
One of the most vulnerable times in someone’s substance use journey can be when they leave a hospital. After an overdose or medical crisis, it can be easy for them to fall through the cracks without help and supports.
Substance Use Connections, launched at Interior Health (IH) in 2019 in response to the toxic drug crisis, is a vital bridge between hospitals and community health services and supports.
When Interior Health (IH) recruiter Elizabeth Leston walks into a WorkBC job fair in Kamloops, she’s greeted by familiar faces.
For the past two and a half years, Elizabeth has been working closely with the WorkBC Centre – Kamloops Thompson team, a partnership focused on helping local job seekers find meaningful, lasting careers in health care.
To commemorate National Addictions Awareness Week, members of Yaqan Nuʔkiy (Lower Kootenay Band), Interior Health staff, and Creston community members came together on Friday, Nov. 21 for the fifth annual Canoe Walk, showing solidarity and support for those impacted by the toxic drug crisis, which disproportionately affects Indigenous Peoples and communities across Canada.
Please see the attached document to learn more about the look, contamination, and risk associated with the current drug alert.
Baby Talk is a series of free, drop-in, parenting classes for those with infants 0-12 months. These groups are open to mothers, fathers, partners, guardians and grandparents. This is an opportunity to receive information, share experiences, ask questions and build connections.
In this session, learn about the what, when, and how to feed babies solids. Discussion includes methods for introducing solid foods and how to establish a healthy feeding relationship at family meal times.
Baby Talk is a series of free, drop-in, parenting classes for those with infants 0-12 months. These groups are open to mothers, fathers, partners, guardians and grandparents. This is an opportunity to receive information, share experiences, ask questions and build connections.
In this session, come drop by and say hi! See how big your baby is, ask our public health nurse questions, hang out and have some tummy time.
Baby Talk is a series of free, drop-in, parenting classes for those with infants 0-12 months. These groups are open to mothers, fathers, partners, guardians and grandparents. This is an opportunity to receive information, share experiences, ask questions and build connections.
This sessions offers an interactive time for you and your baby to bond and make a new creation to take home! All we need is you and your baby and we will provide the rest as Melanie Sipos will lead us through a winter and valentine themed art experience for all to enjoy.
