Starting this week, patients visiting four Interior Health (IH) emergency departments (EDs) may receive care from a physician working virtually. This is part of IH LINK-ED (Local Integrated Network for Emergency Departments), a new virtual care pilot designed to modernize emergency care services for rural communities.

Celebrating opening of improved neonatal intensive care unit at East Kootenay Regional Hospital

Summary:

Interior Health (IH) is advising the public of health risks at the Spruce Hill Resort due to contraventions with the BC Public Health Act and Drinking Water Protection Act.

Name: Naomi Jensen (she/her/hers)
Job Title: Executive Director, Quality & Patient Safety
Length of Service: 29 years
Worksite: Regional
Community: Kamloops
Ancestral Territory: Secwépemc

The first steps of a review of the health authorities have been completed, which included reducing administrative costs, and work is underway to improve efficiencies and redirect savings to frontline services.

For liver transplant recipient Tony Maidment, going department by department at Royal Inland Hospital (RIH) to drop off holiday goodies for the staff who helped him is cathartic.

One of the most vulnerable times in someone’s substance use journey can be when they leave a hospital. After an overdose or medical crisis, it can be easy for them to fall through the cracks without help and supports.

Substance Use Connections, launched at Interior Health (IH) in 2019 in response to the toxic drug crisis, is a vital bridge between hospitals and community health services and supports.

When Interior Health (IH) recruiter Elizabeth Leston walks into a WorkBC job fair in Kamloops, she’s greeted by familiar faces.

For the past two and a half years, Elizabeth has been working closely with the WorkBC Centre – Kamloops Thompson team, a partnership focused on helping local job seekers find meaningful, lasting careers in health care.

To commemorate National Addictions Awareness Week, members of Yaqan Nuʔkiy (Lower Kootenay Band), Interior Health staff, and Creston community members came together on Friday, Nov. 21 for the fifth annual Canoe Walk, showing solidarity and support for those impacted by the toxic drug crisis, which disproportionately affects Indigenous Peoples and communities across Canada.

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