After consultation with the Ministry of Environment and representatives from the Regional District of East Kootenay, Interior Health is issuing a precautionary Water Quality Advisory for Jaffray related to a large diesel spill that occurred Feb. 11 at a local service station.
Please see the attached document to learn more about the look, contamination, and risk associated with the current drug alert.
Name: Dr. Joel Stimson (he/him/his)
Job Title: Full-scope rural family physician
Years of Service: 6
Worksite: Elk Valley Hospital
Community: Fernie
Ancestral Territory: Ktunaxa
Merritt and area residents are advised of temporary changes to emergency department hours at Nicola Valley Hospital due to a physician vacancy from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 8.
Emergency services will be unavailable and patients can access care at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops. Emergency department services will be available again in Merritt at 5 p.m. Wednesday.
Interior Health has issued the following statement in response to the verdict regarding Interior Health’s former chief medical health officer:
Interior Health is now aware of the guilty verdict issued today regarding Dr. Albert de Villiers.
Please see the attached document to learn more about the look, contamination, and risk associated with the current drug alert.
Name: Jacqueline Stewart (she/her/hers)
Job Title: Nursing unit assistant
Years of Service: 10
Worksite: Shuswap Lake General Hospital
Community: Salmon Arm
Ancestral Territory: Secwépemc Nation
Favourite Quote / Advice to live by: I was born ready!
Naloxone is a widely available medication that can reverse an opioid overdose temporarily. It has been a vital tool in combatting the toxic drug crisis since B.C. launched the Take Home Naloxone program in 2012.
Name: Kayleigh Lowey (she/her/hers)
Job Title: Nursing unit clerk
Years of Service: 10
Worksite: Royal Inland Hospital
Community: Kamloops
Ancestral Territory: Secwépemc
Advice to live by: One day at a time.
