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

Name: Gillian Lane (She/Her)

Worksite: Kelowna Community Health Centre

To say Anne Morgenstern has a strong connection to health-care in Penticton might be putting it a bit lightly.

Currently the Clinical Operations Manager in the PRH emergency department, Anne comes from a family of health-care professionals. Her late mother enjoyed a 30 year nursing career, which included a stint working together with her daughter at PRH when Anne was a student nurse. Her father’s side of the family were all born in Penticton, including Anne.

Several years ago, Donna Koenig, Food Services Manager for South Okanagan General Hospital, attended a national Indigenous nutrition event at Six Nations in northern Ontario. "There were Elders there from all across Canada--including the Yukon and the Northwest Territories--and it was all about the stories and learning why food is considered to be medicine--and the importance of it." The idea that food is medicine resonated with Donna, who has spent her 40 year career providing nutrition services in health care settings.

We are creating a brand new website to provide quick and easy access to health information for people living in B.C.’s Interior region. We want to get it right – and we need your help!

This website will be designed for the public, by the public.

We are grateful to have a public members on this project and a Public Advisory Group -- made up of people like you! -- guiding us towards a person-centred website.

Volunteers make an incredible impact across Interior Health. 

Early in the pandemic, volunteer programs were temporarily suspended – and we missed you! For those whose role has changed, or perhaps even been put on pause while we respond to COVID-19, thank you for your continued support.