People in Cranbrook and surrounding communities will have increased access to team-based everyday health care. A new urgent and primary care centre (UPCC) opens Dec. 8 in Cranbrooks Baker Street Mall, Unit 230, 1311 2nd St.
Ashcroft and area residents are advised of a temporary change to the emergency department (ED) hours at the Ashcroft Hospital and Community Health Care Centre this weekend due to limited staffing availability.
Our social media platforms are a great way to engage with our Interior Health community and share information. Check out these recent posts, and consider sharing them with your friends and family on your own social channels.
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We are IH is a recognition campaign to spotlight Interior Health employees and medical staff – through pictures and stories.
Name: Dr. Alan Ruddiman (He/Him)
Job Title: Rural Generalist Physician (GP)
Years of Service: 25
Historical IH Worksite: South Okanagan General Hospital
Community: Oliver
Interior Health continues to gradually resume regular operations at the Nicola Valley Hospital.
Please see the attached document to learn more about the look, contamination, and risk associated with the current drug alert.
BC Provincial Emergency Alert - Emergency Response Across BC
The flooding/road closures may cause disruptions to the illicit drug supply across BC, which can increase toxicity and risk of overdose. There is no shortage of naloxone in BC and we are working to ensure distribution to sites across the province.
Read the full alert from Toward the Heart.
Audiologist Jowan Lee of St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver is working with Interior Health patients to adjust their cochlear implants with digital health technology.
Ponderosa Lodge social worker Shirley Shanks could not believe it when she got a call setting up a virtual audiology appointment for one of her long-term care clients with a malfunctioning cochlear implant.
Rather than going to Vancouver, Cathy, who uses a wheelchair, was transported five minutes away to the virtual care clinic at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops.
Kari Wutzke is one of several members of the public lending their voices and perspectives to the design of a new Interior Health person-centred website.
Although her participation in this project began a year ago, she has a lifetime of experience as a patient and someone who uses InteriorHealth.ca to get health information and access services.
Environment and Climate Change Canada has issued a severe weather notification in advance of the third of three atmospheric river systems expected to hit the central coast of B.C. between the evening of Nov. 29 and Dec. 2.
