The Cranbrook Urgent & Primary Care Centre (UPCC) is marking one year of expanded access to services and team-based health care in the community.
Between Dec. 8, 2021, and Oct. 31, 2022, there have been 25,095 appointments provided, and 6,522 unique patients have been served at this location.
Merritt and area residents are advised of temporary changes to emergency department hours at Nicola Valley Hospital due to limited physician availability.
Starting at 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 20, emergency services will be unavailable and patients can access care at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops.
During this time, all other inpatient services will continue as normal at Nicola Valley Hospital.
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New Denver and area residents are advised of temporary changes to emergency department hours at Slocan Community Health Centre due to limited physician availability.
From 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 20, emergency services will be unavailable and patients can access care at the Arrow Lakes Hospital at 97 1st Ave. NE, Nakusp.
People in the community who need care due to life-threatening emergency (i.e., chest pains, difficulty breathing, severe bleeding) should always call 911 for transport to the nearest available and appropriate facility.
Merritt and area residents are advised that effective 1 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 20, emergency department hours at Nicola Valley Hospital will resume as normal.
People in the community who need life-threatening emergency care (i.e., chest pains, difficulty breathing, severe bleeding) should always call 911 for transport to the nearest available and appropriate facility.
Oliver and area residents are advised of temporary changes to emergency department hours at South Okanagan General Hospital (SOGH) due to limited physician availability.
From midnight to 8 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 19, emergency services will be unavailable and patients can access care at Penticton Regional Hospital.
During this time, all other inpatient services will continue as normal at South Okanagan General Hospital.
Ashcroft and area residents are advised of temporary changes to hours at the Ashcroft Urgent and Primary Care Centre (UPCC) due to limited nursing availability.
On Sunday, Dec. 18, services will be unavailable and patients can access care at Royal Inland Hospital at 311 Columbia Street in Kamloops.
Anyone can call HealthLink BC at 8-1-1, or visit www.HealthLinkBC.ca for non-emergency health information from nurses, dietitians and pharmacists 24 hours a day, seven days per week.
The Ashcroft UPCC is normally open 8 a.m. – 8 p.m. seven days a week.
New Denver and area residents are advised of temporary changes to emergency department hours at Slocan Community Health Centre due to limited physician availability.
Starting 8 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 17 to 8 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 18, emergency services will be unavailable, and patients can access care at the Arrow Lakes Hospital at 97 1st Ave. NE, Nakusp.
People in the community who need care due to life-threatening emergency (i.e., chest pains, difficulty breathing, severe bleeding) should always call 911 for transport to the nearest available and appropriate facility.
Name: Kathy Smith (she/her/hers)
Job Title: Administrative Services
Years of Service: 15
Worksite: East Shore Community Health Centre
Community: East Shore/Crawford Bay and Surrounding Communities
Ancestral Territory: Kootenay/Ktunaxa
Favourite Quote / Advice to live by: The best gift you can give someone is your time.
Connie Griffin works in administrative services at the West Kelowna Health Centre. One of the volunteers she's worked with since 2001, Ingrid Hawthorne, now in her late 80s, retired at the end of November. Ingrid originally began volunteering in the baby clinic where she would greet the parent, get the baby checked in, and record their weight and measurements.
This role has changed many times over the years, and now volunteers mostly act as greeters. Ingrid also volunteered at influenza clinics, greeting and registering people or being the line-up traffic director.
