Four teens have won Interior Health’s Take a Breath: Teen Voices on Tobacco and Vaping poster contest. Each winner will receive a $150 gift card of their choice. The winning posters are being professionally printed, displayed in hospitals and health centres, and shared with schools throughout the region.
Four teens have won Interior Health’s Take a Breath: Teen Voices on Tobacco and Vaping poster contest. Each winner will receive a $150 gift card of their choice. The winning posters are being professionally printed, displayed in hospitals and health centres, and shared with schools throughout the region.
Interior Health is urging people to be prepared and extremely cautious in the backcountry, with continued high and considerable avalanche danger forecasted in many areas of the B.C Interior.
Name: Kevin Miskosky (he/him/his)
Job Title: Maintenance Worker
Years of Service: 32
Worksite: Gateby Care Facility
Community: Vernon
Ancestral Territory: Syilx Nation
Favourite Quote / Advice to live by: “Do it once, do it right.” - Anonymous
In February at Interior Health, we honour Black History Month and the vast contributions our Black employees have made and continue to make throughout our health-care system.
As Black History Month comes to a close, we spoke with several Black Interior Health employees about the struggles, barriers and journeys they have experienced, and the importance of celebrating Black history beyond February and educating ourselves about Black history.
Name: Kristin Auclair (she/her/hers)
Job Title: Admitting clerk
Years of Service: 10
Worksite: Penticton Regional Hospital
Community: Penticton
Ancestral Territory: Syilx Okanagan
Favourite Quote / Advice to live by: “Life is too short” and “Everything happens for a reason”
Merritt and area residents are advised of temporary changes to emergency department hours at Nicola Valley Hospital due to unexpected physician vacancy.
Starting Feb. 21 at 8 a.m. to Feb. 22 at 8 a.m. emergency services will be unavailable and patients can access care at Royal Inland Hospital.
During this time, all other inpatient services will continue as normal at Nicola Valley Hospital.
Merritt and area residents are advised of temporary changes to emergency department hours at Nicola Valley Hospital due to unexpected limited nursing availability.
Starting Feb. 17 at 6:30 p.m. to Feb. 18 at 8 a.m. emergency services will be unavailable and patients can access care at Royal Inland Hospital.
Please see the attached document to learn more about the look, contamination, and risk associated with the current drug alert.
