Nakusp and area residents are advised of temporary changes to emergency department hours at Arrow Lakes Hospital due to limited availability of nursing staff and the late notification of an absence this evening.
Emergency department services will be unavailable from 9 p.m. today, Tuesday, March 12 until 7 a.m. on Wednesday, March 13.
Interior Health (IH) is asking individuals who worked at IH from 2003 to 2009 to contact a toll-free number to determine if their personal information is contained in a document that has been recovered in an RCMP investigation.
Name: Barb Burke (she/her/hers)
Job Title: Team Lead, Home Support Transformation Project
Years of Service: 41
Worksite: Kamloops Public Health
Community: Hybrid – Home and Penticton Regional Hospital
Ancestral Territory: Sylix Nation
Salmon Arm and area residents are advised of temporary changes to lab hours at Shuswap Outpatient Lab due to ongoing flood damage repair and restoration.
Thirty years ago, Shawn Penno moved from Kelowna to Armstrong to be with his now wife. He had been working as a manager in building products in Kelowna but missed being in health care. “Both my wife and her mom had been care aides, and I thought, it will take just six months of training to become a community health worker and then I’d go from there,” he says. “But I got into it, and I loved it.”
Salmon Arm and area residents are advised of temporary changes to lab hours at Shuswap Outpatient Lab due to flood damage repair and restoration.
Foundations in the Interior Region raise funds that support medical equipment, care needs, and innovative local initiatives in their communities. Each organization includes respected community leaders, volunteers and staff who are passionate about meeting the needs of patients and families in Interior Health. Thanks to the generosity of their supporters, we all have a stronger health system.
Oliver and area residents are advised of temporary changes to emergency department hours at South Okanagan General Hospital due to limited physician availability.
Emergency services will be unavailable from 6 p.m. on Friday, March 1 until 1 p.m. on Saturday, March 2. Patients can access care at Penticton Regional Hospital during this time.
Name: Joanne Juras (she/her/hers)
Job Title: Public Health Nurse
Years of Service: 25
Worksite: Kamloops Public Health
Community: Kamloops
Ancestral Territory: Tk’emlups te Secwepemc
New Denver and area residents are advised of temporary changes to emergency department hours at Slocan Community Health Centre due to limited nursing availability.
