Pharmacist Christine Rutherford is used to thinking on her feet.

As a leader on the pharmacy team at Penticton Regional Hospital, Christine and her colleagues operate in a fast-paced team environment that is mostly unseen by the public, but is an integral part of a person’s safe health-care journey.

Clearwater and area residents are advised that the emergency department at Dr. Helmcken Memorial Hospital is closed this weekend due to limited staffing availability.

Brittany Willment remembers feeling apprehensive the first time she used the online tool called Kelty’s Key with one of her clients.
 
“I thought, ‘Would I be able to provide therapy in a useful way? What if my email doesn’t work? How do I do this?' ” recalls the counsellor from Penticton's mental health and substance use community counselling team.
 

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

Name: Meggan Gibson (she/her/hers)

Job Title: MDR Inventory Lead Technician

Years of Service: 23

Worksite: Kelowna General Hospital

Community: Kelowna

Ancestral Territory: Syilx (Saay-ilks) / Okanagan Interior Salish

Cindy Ferguson has been helping people through minor surgeries at Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital (KBRH) in Trail for 14 years.

When patients are in need of day surgery and minor procedures, Cindy and her colleagues go to work in what is known as the ambulatory care unit, where patients who don’t require an overnight stay are treated.

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.