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

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

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Name: Tanya Chmilar (she/her/hers)
Job Title: Registered Nurse/Registered Psychiatric Nurse
Years of Service: 25
Worksite: Community Health Services Centre
Community: Kelowna
Ancestral Territory: Syilx Okanagan
Advice to live by: Have fun and do your best. Maintain a work-life balance.

Interior Health and the City of Kelowna, along with the provincial Ministry of Mental Health and Addictions, are pleased to confirm the approval for the delivery of housing and supports for people with complex care needs living in the Central Okanagan.

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Keremeos and area residents are advised of a temporary change to emergency department hours at the South Similkameen Health Centre, due to limited nursing staff availability.

Emergency services will be unavailable starting at 3:30 p.m. today, Sept. 6. The emergency department will resume regular hours at 8 a.m. tomorrow, Sept. 7. Patients can access care at Penticton Regional Hospital at 550 Carmi Ave. in Penticton.

CLEARWATER - Clearwater and area residents are advised of ongoing temporary changes to overnight emergency department (ED) hours at Dr. Helmcken Memorial Hospital due to limited nursing availability.

Emergency services will not be available from 6 p.m. on Sept. 3, until 7 a.m. the following morning. Twenty-four-hour ED service will resume on Sept. 4.

When service is not available, patients can access care at:

ASHCROFT – Ashcroft and area residents are advised of a temporary change to the Ashcroft emergency department hours this weekend due to limited nursing staff availability.

Emergency services will not be available this weekend. Patients can access care at Royal Inland Hospital at 311 Columbia Street in Kamloops.

There is no emergency department service during the week or overnight on weekends in Ashcroft. Regular emergency department hours are Friday, 5 p.m. – 10 p.m. and Saturday/Sunday 8 a.m. – 8 p.m.