Outreach Urban Health: Making a difference for vulnerable people

3 minutes

Within the non-descript walls of a clinic in downtown Kelowna, a health-care team is doing amazing things.  

The Outreach Urban Health clinic includes family doctors, nurse practitioners, registered nurses, and social workers. They collaborate with mental health and substance use clinicians who are all working at the same location, to support a range of people, including those who are homeless, those dealing with mental illness, people with problematic substance use, as well as people without access to traditional health-care services, such as new immigrants. 

We are IH: Dr. Amanda Wilmer

3 minutes

Dr. Amanda Wilmer is no stranger to the B.C. Interior. While she was born in Vancouver, Amanda grew up living in Squamish, Williams Lake, Kamloops and Grand Forks, all before the age of 18. Amanda moved back to Vancouver to complete her formal education at UBC, but was delighted to have the opportunity to return to the Interior after finishing her training – having family in the area makes it feel like home.

Innovative surgery lets patients recover at home

4 minutes
Dr. David Cruickshank is an orthopedic surgeon at Royal Inland Hospital who is part of the team who is now able to send patients home with hip and partial knee replacements on the same day as their surgery. His skeleton pal helps the orthopedic surgeons educate patients on their joints.

 

Years of intensive equine riding events and weightlifting took a heavy toll on Shelby Roblin’s knees – so much so that she has lived with pain for the past 10 years.