Access change for the Teck Emergency Department at Royal Inland Hospital

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Kamloops and area residents are advised of an important change regarding access to the Teck Emergency Department (ED) at Royal Inland Hospital (RIH).  

Effective Wednesday, Oct. 23 at 7:30 a.m., please enter the Teck ED through the new permanent sliding glass doors located directly under the large ‘EMERGENCY’ sign. The new entrance is located to the right of the temporary entrance which has been in place since Aug. 2023. Signage will be available to help guide patients. 

Temporary service interruption at Lillooet Hospital emergency department

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Lillooet and area residents are advised of temporary changes to emergency department hours at Lillooet Hospital and Health Centre due to limited physician availability.

Emergency services will be unavailable from 7 a.m. on Monday, October 21 to 8 a.m. on Tuesday, October 22, 2024. Patients can access care at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops during this time.

We Are IH: Celebrating our health care assistants

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Health care assistants (HCAs) make a tremendous difference in our lives. HCAs may have many different job titles, including:

  • Community Health Worker
  • Residential Care Aide
  • Home Support Worker
  • Long-Term Care Aide
  • Home Health Aide
  • Continuing Care Assistant
  • Personal Care Aide

The one thing all HCAs have in common is that they provide frontline personal care and assistance services to vulnerable patients, clients and residents.

Meet three of our HCAs at Interior Health.

Temporary service interruption at Lillooet Hospital emergency department

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Lillooet and area residents are advised of temporary changes to emergency department hours at Lillooet Hospital and Health Centre due to limited physician availability.

Emergency services will be unavailable from 7 a.m. on Friday, October 18 to 8 a.m. on Saturday, October 19, 2024. Patients can access care at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops during this time.

UPDATE: Temporary service interruption at Nicola Valley Hospital emergency department has been mitigated

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Merritt and area residents are advised that Interior Health has secured nursing coverage tonight for the emergency department at Nicola Valley Hospital. The emergency department will no longer be closing at 6 p.m.

People in the community who need life-threatening emergency care (i.e., chest pains, difficulty breathing, severe bleeding) should always call 911 for transport to the nearest available and appropriate facility.