The 21 residents evacuated from Mountain View Lodge long-term care home and three patients from the Lillooet Hospital and Health Centre in Lillooet on Thursday, Aug. 1 are heading home today.
Name: Laura-Lee Regnier
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Job Title: Patient Care Coordinator
Years of Service: 26 years
Worksite: Kelowna General Hospital
Community: Kelowna
Ancestral Territory: Syilx/ Okanagan
In 2018, a World Health Assembly resolution endorsed World Breastfeeding Week as an important health promotion strategy. Supported by World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF and many Ministries of Health and civil society partners, World Breastfeeding Week is held in the first week of August every year.
Lillooet and area residents are advised of temporary changes to emergency department hours at Lillooet Hospital and Health Centre due to limited physician availability.
If you are evacuated due to a wildfire, you’ll be anxious to return home. Officials and the local fire authority will let you know when it’s safe to do so. Your home may be impacted by smoke, soot and ash, chemicals, structural damage and water damage.
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, August 5 to 8 a.m. on Tuesday, August 6, 2024. Patients can access care at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops during this time.
Update: 3:56 p.m.
Merritt and area residents are advised that Interior Health has secured physician coverage for Sunday, August 4 at Nicola Valley Hospital and Health Centre. The emergency department will remain open Sunday, August 4. This is an update to a public service announcement issued earlier today.
Update issued August 3, 3:56 p.m.
Merritt and area residents are advised of temporary changes to emergency department hours at the Nicola Valley Hospital and Health Centre due to limited physician availability.
Interior Health (IH) is responding to the potential for flood-related impacts to health facilities and clients in Lillooet due to the landslide into the Chilcotin River southwest of Williams Lake.
Name: Trevor Speed
Pronouns: he/him/his
Job Title: Corporate Director, Facilities Management & Operations
Years of Service: 15
Worksite: Community Health & Services Centre
Community: Kelowna
Ancestral Territory: Syilx Nation
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