We are IH: Charles Wincott

3 minutes

We are IH is a recognition campaign to spotlight Interior Health employees and medical staff – through pictures and stories.

Name: Charles Wincott

Job Title: Supervisor, Biomedical Engineering, IH West

Years of Service: Three

Worksite: Royal Inland Hospital

Community: Kamloops

Ancestral Territory: Secwépemc (She-whep-m) / Shuswap Interior Salish

We are IH: Ashley Latimer

2 minutes

We are IH is a recognition campaign to spotlight Interior Health employees and medical staff – through pictures and stories.

Name: Ashley Latimer (she/her/hers)

Job Title: Medical Radiation Technologist

Years of Service: 11

Worksite: Cariboo Memorial Hospital

Community: Williams Lake

Ancestral Territory: Secwepemc (She-whep-m)/Shuswap Interior Salish

We are IH: Mandy Smith

2 minutes

We are IH is a recognition campaign to spotlight Interior Health employees and medical staff – through pictures and stories.

Name: Mandy Smith (she/her)

Job Title: Registered Nurse, ICU

Years of Service: 29

Worksite: Vernon Jubilee Hospital

Community: Vernon

Ancestral Territory: Syilx/Okanagan

Favourite Quote: "Everything happens for a reason." -Unknown

Welcoming visitors back safely

2 minutes

As we lift restrictions and welcome visitors and others to our health-care facilities, it is important to do so safely. Did you know that hand washing is the single most effective means of preventing the spread of germs? Hand washing is an important safety practice–not only for for health-care staff, but for visitors, patients, people living in long-term care, and family members.