Williams Lake and area residents are advised of temporary changes to emergency department hours at Cariboo Memorial Hospital.
Merritt and area residents are advised of temporary changes to emergency department hours at the Nicola Valley Hospital and Health Centre in Merritt B.C. due to limited physician availability.
Emergency services will be unavailable from 7 a.m. on Sunday, September 1 to 8 a.m. on Monday, September 2, 2024. Patients can access care at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops during this time.
Update: Patients can access care at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops or at GR Baker Memorial Hospital in Quesnel. See update, issued Aug. 31, 2024 at 8:25 p.m.
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 Saturday, August 31 to 8 a.m. on Sunday, September 1, 2024. Patients can access care at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops during this time.
Oliver and area residents are advised of temporary changes to emergency department hours at South Okanagan General Hospital
100 Mile House and area residents are advised of temporary changes to emergency department hours at 100 Mile District
On Thursday, July 25, Interior Health started a precautionary evacuation of residents of The Pavilion long-term care home in New Denver.
Nearby Silverton—a small town of 200 on Slocan Lake—had already been issued an evacuation order the day before due to the advancing Aylwin Creek fire. By mid-afternoon on July 25, New Denver was on an evacuation alert.
Name: Erin Blackwell (she/hers/her)
Job Title: Manager of Clinical Operations, Neuro, Trauma and Stroke Unit
Years of Service: 7
Worksite: Royal Inland Hospital
Community: Kamloops
Ancestral Territory: Secwempc
Williams Lake and area residents are advised of temporary changes to emergency department hours at Cariboo Memorial Hospital.
Grand Forks and area residents are advised that Interior Health has secured physician coverage tonight for the emergency department at Boundary District Hospital. The emergency department will be open effective 8 p.m. Monday, August 26.
People in the community who need life-threatening emergency care (i.e., chest pains, difficulty breathing, severe bleeding) should always call 9-1-1 for transport to the nearest available and appropriate facility.
