Please see the attached document to learn more about the look, contamination, and risk associated with the current drug alert.

Please see the attached document to learn more about the look, contamination, and risk associated with the current drug alert.

Construction has begun on a new BC Cancer centre in Kamloops that will provide people in the Thompson-Cariboo-Shuswap region with better access to cancer care closer to home. 

Name: Marie May Zubot (she/her/hers)
Job Title: Manager, Clinical Operations, Long-Term Care
Length of Service: 5 years
Worksite: Poplar Ridge, Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital
Community: Trail / Kootenay Boundary
Ancestral Territory: Ktunaxa

Due to potential gaps in maternity department physician scheduling, Interior Health is advising expectant parents and families of potential changes to maternity services at Royal Inland Hospital (RIH) over the summer, beginning July 26.

Anyone in labour should go to RIH to be assessed and emergency care for people in imminent labour or experiencing urgent complications will be available at RIH.

Oliver and area residents are advised of temporary changes to emergency department hours at South Okanagan General Hospital.

Emergency services will be unavailable from 5 p.m. Wednesday, July 23 to 7 a.m. on Thursday, July 24, 2025. Patients can access emergency care in Penticton Regional Hospital during this time.

All other inpatient services will continue at South Okanagan General Hospital.

Lillooet and area residents are advised of temporary changes to emergency department hours at Lillooet Hospital and Health Centre.
 
Emergency services will be unavailable from 7 p.m. on Sunday, July 20 to 8 a.m. Monday, July 21, 2025. Patients can access care at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops during this time.
 
All other inpatient services will continue at Lillooet Hospital.
 

Oliver and area residents are advised of temporary changes to emergency department hours at South Okanagan General Hospital.

Emergency services will be unavailable from 7 p.m. Friday, July 18 to 7 a.m. on Saturday, July 19, 2025. Patients can access emergency care in Penticton Regional Hospital during this time.

All other inpatient services will continue at South Okanagan General Hospital.

New guidelines for emergency departments (EDs) for recognizing and supporting people at risk of suicide have already increased rates of suicide screening and are expected to save lives.

In 2020, suicide screening in EDs was added as a requirement by Accreditation Canada, a national organization that assesses health-care services and programs.