More and more, people are addressing their health-care needs virtually. But what if you have trouble with the virtual care options themselves? 

The Interior Health (IH) Digital Health Support Desk helps people, caregivers and their families use and navigate IH virtual and digital tools to better manage their health care. IH launched the Digital Health Support Desk in spring 2022 to streamline the support process for patients and their families.

It is now recognized nationally, marked by the colour orange. But Orange Shirt Day has deep-seated meaning for Kukpi7 (Chief) Willie Sellars of the Williams Lake First Nation (WLFN) – because its roots are entwined with the horrific history of the St. Joseph Mission (SJM) and Canada’s dark legacy of residential schools.

Name: Madison Waddington (she/her/hers)
Job Title: Ultrasound Technologist
Years of Service: 10
Worksite: Royal Inland Hospital
Community: Kamloops
Ancestral Territory: Secwepemc / Shuswap Interior Salish
Advice to live by: Live your life to the fullest; we are not guaranteed tomorrow.

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People who rely on Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital (KBRH) in Trail are advised that the main entrance will be closed from 6 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 1 to 7 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 4 for minor remediation work to the concrete at this location.

To allow for the construction, patients and visitors will temporarily be directed to the ambulance bay entrance at KBRH. Signage will be in place to direct people to this temporary alternate entrance.

A whole new language has been introduced to our daily conversations, thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. Words and phrases like variants, mRNA vaccines, and rapid antigen testing have become commonplace as we have learned about coronavirus and how to keep ourselves safe and healthy from the disease.

And now a new set of words has entered the local lingo – monovalent and bivalent vaccines. So what exactly do those words mean?

More people living in Ashcroft and surrounding communities have increased access to team-based health care with a new urgent and primary care centre (UPCC) opening Sept. 27, 2022.

The UPCC is at the same location as the old Ashcroft Hospital & Community Health Care Centre at 700 Ash-Cache Creek Highway.

Please see the attached document to learn more about the look, contamination, and risk associated with the current drug alert.  

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Keremeos and area residents are advised of a temporary change to outpatient laboratory hours at the South Similkameen Health Centre beginning Monday, Sept. 26, 2022 due to limited staffing availability.

The South Similkameen Health Centre will be offering blood collection services on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., closed from 12:30 p.m. to 1 p.m. Limited walk-in service is available.