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
Interior Health is calling on everyone to protect themselves and increase immunity in our
community by getting their annual influenza (flu) vaccine.
Please see the attached document to learn more about the look, contamination, and risk associated with the current drug alert.
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.
Addictions medicine lead Dr. Leslie Lappalainen, one of a group of health professionals that have put together the prescribing service.
It’s being called ground-breaking work that’s keeping people safer from harm.
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.
We are IH is a recognition campaign to spotlight Interior Health employees and medical staff – through pictures and stories.
Name: Danniel Dickson (he/him/his)
Job Title: Community Respiratory Therapist
Years of Service: 32
Worksite: Shuswap Health Services
Community: Salmon Arm and area
Ancestral Territory: Secwepemc (She-whep-m)/Shuswap Interior Salish
