Interior Health has declared a COVID-19 outbreak at Orchard Haven long-term care in Keremeos.

Interior Health has declared a COVID-19 outbreak at Sandalwood Retirement Resort in Kelowna.

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

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Name: Gillian Lane (She/Her)

Worksite: Kelowna Community Health Centre

Interior Health has declared the COVID-19 outbreak over in unit 4E at Kelowna General Hospital (KGH).

A potentially harmful algal bloom has been observed on Wood Lake.

Interior Health has now surpassed 225,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered throughout the Interior.

Interior Health has declared the COVID-19 outbreak over in the Level 3 surgical unit at Vernon Jubilee Hospital (VJH).

Ashcroft and area residents are advised that due to temporary limited staffing availability, the emergency department (ED) at the Ashcroft Hospital and Community Health Care Centre will close overnight on the weekend, including from midnight tonight until tomorrow at 8 a.m.

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

 

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Name: Michael-Ann Miller (She/Her)

Worksite: Princeton General Hospital

It has been five years since the Provincial Health Officer declared a public health emergency in response to the significant rise in opioid-related overdose deaths reported in B.C.